State v. Chambers

Opinion

KATZ, J.

In his appeal from the trial court’s judgment of conviction,1 the defendant, Robert Chambers, claims that the trial court deprived him of his constitutional *400rights to due process and a fair trial after his trial counsel had invoked rule 3.3 (a) (3) of the Rules of Professional Conduct on the basis of counsel’s conclusion that the defendant intended to offer false testimony.2 In advancing this claim, the defendant raises issues relating to the standard for determining whether counsel properly has invoked rule 3.3 (a) (3), the procedures required to determine whether that…