Criminal Law - Attorney and Client - Conflict of Interest - Life Story Fee Contract

Authors

Cynthia Ann Watson

Abstract

The California Supreme Court has held that the possibility of attorney conflicts of interest arising from a life-story fee contract with an indigent criminal defendant does not warrant pretrial removal of competent counsel if the defendant knowingly and intelligently waives the consequences of the attorney's potential conflicts.

Maxwell v. Superior Court, 30 Cal. 3d 606, 639 P.2d. 248, 180 Cal. Rptr. 177 (1982).

First Page

773

Recommended Citation

Cynthia A. Watson, Criminal Law - Attorney and Client - Conflict of Interest - Life Story Fee Contract, 21 Duq. L. Rev. 773 (1983).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol21/iss3/10