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STATE v. SANDERS

260 N.J. Super. 491 (1992)

616 A.2d 1345

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. PAUL E. SANDERS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zulima V. Farber, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Kevin G. Byrnes, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Robert J. Del Tufo, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Nancy A. Hulett, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel and on the letter-brief).

Before Judges MICHELS, BAIME and WALLACE.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BAIME, J.A.D.

This appeal presents questions concerning the scope of an attorney's duty owed to a former client in a criminal case. Over defendant's vigorous objection, the attorney who represented him in prior bail proceedings was permitted to defend his codefendant at their joint trial where their defenses were mutually antagonistic. Both defendants were convicted. We hold that defendant's former lawyer should have been...

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