United States Second Circuit

The state court's holding that a purely subjective conflict (a purported belief that an attorney owed a duty of confidentiality to a potential defense witness) did not create an "actual conflict," was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of clearly established Supreme Court precedent.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/12/2003
• Published 09/12/2003

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, CARDAMONE, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter T. Blum,Legal Aid Society, Criminal Appeals Bureau, Brooklyn, NY, for petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donna Aldea, Assistant District Attorney (Richard A. Brown, District Attorney of Queens County;  John M. Castellano, Merri Turk Lasky, Assistant District Attorneys, of Counsel, on the brief), Kew Gardens, NY, for respondent-appellee.