A law firm can represent a murder defendant even though it once represented the man he is accused of murdering.
A split Appellate Division panel ruled on Feb. 14 that any ethical concerns about conflicts of interest and appearance of impropriety do not mitigate against allowing a capital defendant the counsel of his choice. To do otherwise would “compromise the judicial system,” Judges Francine Axelrad and Robert Fall wrote in State in the Interest of S.G., A-1542-01T2.
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