STATE v. VAUGHAN

No. 13-0224.

859 N.W.2d 492 (2015)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Robert Lynn VAUGHAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Fisher of Nidey Erdahl Tindal & Fisher, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Heather Mapes and Kevin Cmelik , Assistant Attorneys General, Michael P. Short , County Attorney, and Clinton R. Boddicker , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


In this case, we are asked to determine whether a new trial is required when the district court replaces a conflicted defense attorney with a conflict-free attorney more than three months before trial, and there is no showing that the previous conflict had ongoing adverse effects on the representation. We conclude a new trial...

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