Legal Opinion
Paul L. Gabbert v. David Conn Carol Najera Leslie Zoeller Elliot Oppenheim
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1997No. 95-56610PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.
The prosecution and defense of criminal allegations produce ample opportunity for adversarial conflict. Without even looking for trouble, the interests of prosecution and defense can collide. This appeal demonstrates what can happen when one side steers those forces into direct and obvious conflict. Here, the prosecution’s desire to gather evidence for the re-trial of a high-profile murder case runs directly into a defense attorney’s right to consult with his client. The result is not a pretty picture. It is made all the worse because it appears to have…
2Cases cited66 opinions
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- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Conn v. GabbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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