5 N.C. App. 101 - State v. Engle’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “While the right to counsel is absolute, its exercise must be “subject to the necessities of sound judicial administration” [citation omitted]; and where there appears to be no conflict, the court may, in its discretion, assign to a defendant the attorney of a co-defendant. [Citation omitted.] Such an assignment is not, in itself, a denial of effective assistance of counsel. Since Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60 , 62 S.Ct. 457 , 86 L.Ed. 680 (1942), it has been clear that some conflict of interest must be shown before an appellant can successfully claim that representation by an attorney also engaged by another defendant deprived him of his right to counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 46 N.C. App. 34 - State v. McKenzie