People v. Alicea

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

Defendant was not denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel because his attorney had previously also represented a codefendant (giving rise to a potential conflict of interest) where, following a posttrial hearing, the trial court determined that such prior representation had not affected the attorney’s representation of defendant.

On September 8,1976, while defendant was walking his two German shepherd dogs, an argument arose with Michael Lugo, the superintendent of a neighboring building about the conduct of one of the dogs. Four days…