ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL – Procedural Default 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, February 8, 2010
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Where a defendant convicted of marijuana charges claimed ineffective assistance of counsel based on a public defender’s dual representation of him and his wife, the District Court did not err in holding that the defendant’s conflict-of-interest claim was procedurally defaulted and that no cause to excuse the default or a miscarriage of justice has been ...