Simpson v. State

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

Elton Simpson (Simpson) appeals from the Superior Court’s denial of his application for postconviction relief filed pursuant to G.L.1956 chapter 9.1 of title 10. He had been convicted of first-degree sexual assault, burglary, assault with a dangerous weapon, and breaking and entering. In his appeal, Simpson alleges that he was denied his federal Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel at his Superior Court jury trial as the result of a per se conflict of interest that existed between two assistant public defenders, one of whom had…