Where a defendant who sought to vacate his guilty plea challenged the denial of post-conviction relief, the case is reversed and remanded in part because the motion court erred by denying the Rule 24.035 motion because the defendant pleaded facts ...

Tagged with: conflict of interest effectiveness of counsel Post-Conviction Relief

Where a defendant found guilty of charges including first-degree murder claimed that the trial court should have disqualified his trial counsel due to an apparent conflict of interest, the facts of the alleged potential conflict were not sufficient to invoke ...

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Where a defendant argued that his trial counsel was ineffective for revealing their privileged communications while making a record regarding the decision not to call a witness, which he argued resulted in an actual conflict of interest, the judgment was ...

Tagged with: conflict of interest Criminal Law effectiveness of counsel Post-Conviction Relief

Brown v. State (MLW No. 72112/Case No. SD35061 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, per curiam)

Tagged with: conflict of interest Criminal Law effectiveness of counsel Post-Conviction Relief

Chatman v. State (MLW No. 71772/Case No. ED105980 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.)

Tagged with: Abandonment conflict of interest Criminal Law Post-Conviction Relief

Nunley v. State (MLW No. 71712/Case No. ED105434 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Gaertner Jr., J.)

Tagged with: conflict of interest Criminal Law effectiveness of counsel Post-Conviction Relief

State v. McEntire (MLW No. 71451/Case No. ED105371 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Gaertner Jr., J.)

Tagged with: Appearance Of Impropriety Attorney Withdrawal conflict of interest Criminal Law

U.S. v. Norwood (MLW No. 70419/Case No. 15-3442 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

Tagged with: Bank Fraud conflict of interest Criminal Law recusal

DePriest v. State (MLW No. 70242/Case No. SC95483 – 28 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, per curiam)

Tagged with: conflict of interest Criminal Law Group Plea Post-Conviction Relief

U.S. v. Luger (MLW No. 69705/Case No. 15-2786 – 14 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

Tagged with: conflict of interest Criminal Law Propensity Evidence sexual abuse

Ballard v. State (MLW No. 69640/Case No. ED103415 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dolan, J.)

Tagged with: conflict of interest Criminal Law effectiveness of counsel Post-Conviction Relief