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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A10-563 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Adrian Lamont Patterson, Appellant. Filed March 15, 2011 Affirmed Larkin, Judge Hennepin County District Court File No. 27-CR-09-2426

Lori A. Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Michael Richardson, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent) David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, Theodora Gaitas, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota (for appellant)

Considered and decided by Klaphake, Presiding Judge; Larkin, Judge; and Collins, Judge.* SYLLABUS 1. When determining whether to disqualify an attorney in a criminal case

based on a conflict of interest, the district court should consider (1) the prejudice that would result to the defendant from the disqualification of his or her lawyer; (2) the states
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Retired judge of the district court, serving as judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI,

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