State v. Choudhry
Annotate this CaseDefendant Khuram Choudhry was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial court conducted an adequate inquiry pertaining to defense counsel's possible conflict of interest arising from counsel's prior representation of a State's witness. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court modified and affirmed the decision of the court of appeals, holding (1) although the trial court heard argument from the prosecutor and from defense counsel on this issue and made direct inquiry of Defendant after placing him under oath, under the facts of this case, the inquiry was insufficient to assure that Defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily made his decision regarding counsel's continued representation; but (2) Defendant failed to make a threshold showing that defense counsel's performance was adversely affected by the conflict, much less that Defendant was prejudiced by the representation.
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