Legal Opinion
Roberts v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 23, 1991No. 90-02661PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
573 So.2d 964 (1991)
Arthur McClogan ROBERTS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-02661.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
January 23, 1991.
Rehearing Denied February 12, 1991.
2Per curiam
Arthur Roberts appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We affirm.
The sole issue raised by the motion is ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The same attorney represented both Roberts and his wife on charges of drug trafficking. Since, in Roberts's view, their defenses were "contradictory and overlapping," this dual representation was improper and operated to his…
3Cases cited4 opinions
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- United States v. Pedro L. AlvarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- DeArce v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Parker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1970
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