SYLLABUS

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State of New Jersey v. Mylee Cottle (A-111-06)

Argued October 22, 2007 -- Decided May 6, 2008

ALBIN, J., writing for a unanimous Court.

The Court considers whether an attorney’s representation of a juvenile charged with murder in Essex County constituted an intolerable conflict of interest, and therefore was constitutionally ineffective, because the attorney failed to disclose that he also was a criminal defendant being prosecuted by the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.