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Criminal

Feb. 1, 2001

Inmate's Appeal Over Conflicts Results in Remand

LOS ANGELES - An attorney may have had a conflict of interest if he simultaneously represented two clients believed to be involved in the same drug-trafficking ring, only one of whom was charged with and convicted of a particular crime, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

By Dawn Piimanu
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - An attorney may have had a conflict of interest if he simultaneously represented two clients believed to be involved in the same drug-trafficking ring, only one of whom was charged with and convicted of a particular crime, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday...

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