People v. Morga
California Court of Appeal
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
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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