Legal Opinion
People v. Carncross
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 25, 2010No. 38PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Lippman.
In protecting a defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights, a trial court may on occasion properly disqualify the attorney of a defendant’s choosing due to that attorney’s conflicts, actual or potential, even in the face of defendant’s waiver of such conflicts. This is such a case.
In the late afternoon on April 23, 2006, defendant drove away from his home in Onondaga County on his motorcycle. On felony probation at the time, defendant could not own or operate a motor vehicle since he did not have his probation officer’s permission to do so, and he was not…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- People v. GrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- People v. CabanNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- People v. HobotNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by104 opinions
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