Conflict of Interest Municipal Solicitor Defense in Local Crime
Annotate this Case 91 N.J.L.J. 805
December 12, 1968
Appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court
OPINION 139
Conflict of Interest
Municipal Solicitor
Defense in Local Crime
The following inquiry has been received by the Committee:
May a municipal solicitor represent a defendant in a criminal action where the criminal offense allegedly occurred within the municipality of which he is municipal solicitor and the arrest made by that municipality's police based on an investigation made by the County Prosecutor's office and the State Police?
This Committee's opinion is that such representation would be improper. See Opinions 62 and 63, 87 N.J.L.J. 610 (1964), and Opinion 84, 88 N.J.L.J. 629 (1966) for the principles governing the conduct of this attorney.
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