NY Court of Appeals Allows Ineffective Counsel Hearing in Murder Case
The defendant, Boris Brown, had argued that he was deprived of effective counsel because his attorney, Jeffrey Chabrowe, was also the lawyer for another suspect in the case, though in an unrelated matter.
May 02, 2019 at 02:46 PM
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New York state's highest court on Thursday allowed for a defendant convicted of murder and weapons charges nearly seven years ago to have a trial court in Manhattan hear arguments on whether he was represented by ineffective counsel at the time because of a conflict of interest.
The defendant, Boris Brown, had argued that he was deprived of effective counsel because his attorney, Jeffrey Chabrowe, was also the lawyer for another suspect in the case, though in an unrelated matter.
The state Court of Appeals didn't go so far as to reverse Brown's conviction in its decision, but did say a state supreme court judge improperly denied him a hearing on a motion to vacate his judgement based on ineffective counsel after he was found guilty and sentenced in the case.
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