Legal Opinion · Concurrence

People v. Morga

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 21, 1969No. Crim. 14842Published

1ConcurrenceStephens, J.

I concur:

I agree with the result reached in the majority opinion. There is, as I understand the principles of law involved, considerable variance in the application of standards currently applied in the troublesome areas of quality of separate counsel and effective joint counsel. It seems to me that if we are to follow down the path as lighted for us in the instant case by defendant and by the suggestion in the dissenting opinion, we must reach the conclusion that separate counsel is mandatory in all joint trials. This path is not so well lighted as to prevent the shadow of mandatory separate…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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