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HOLLOWAY v. ARKANSAS

No. 76-5856.

435 U.S. 475 (1978)

98 S.Ct. 1173

55 L.Ed.2d 426

HOLLOWAY ET AL. v. ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Hall argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Joseph H. Purvis, Assistant Attorney General of Arkansas, argued the cause pro hac vice for respondent. With him on the brief were Bill Clinton, Attorney General, and Robert Alston Newcomb, Assistant Attorney General.*

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners, codefendants at trial, made timely motions for appointment of separate counsel, based on the representations of their appointed counsel that, because of confidential information received from the codefendants, he was confronted with the risk of representing conflicting interests and could not, therefore, provide effective assistance for each client...

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