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Judge’s lax inquiry leads to new trial
A man convicted of transporting more than 240 pounds of marijuana in Cochise County with another person will get a new trial because he didn’t have his own attorney.
The Arizona Supreme Court acknowledged that David J. Duffy did consent to being represented by Ivan Abrams even though Abrams was representing co-defendant Dora Matias.
But Justice Clint Bolick, writing for the unanimous court, said Cochise County Superior Court Judge James Conlogue should never have allowed that, at least not without further review. Bolick said that precluded some defense options for Duffy.
Court records show Duffy was driving his vehicle in Cochise County in 2017 with Matias in the passenger seat.