Morales v. Bridgforth

OPINION

MAES, Chief Justice.

{1} Petitioner and other similarly situated habeas petitioners petitioned this Court for a writ of superintending control to allow the Post Conviction Conflict Division of the Public Defender Department (“the Department”) to represent individuals in habeas proceedings who allege that their public defender at trial was ineffective, provided each individual consents to such representation. See N.M. Const. art. VI, § 3. We granted the writ, concluding there is no per se conflict of interest where the Post Conviction Conflict Division of the Department represents an…