LEO: Commonwealth's Attorney - Conflict of  LE Op. 789

 

Commonwealth's Attorney - Conflict of Interest.

 

April 22, 1986

 

A commonwealth's attorney should not prosecute cases when the defense

attorney also represents the commonwealth's attorney in unrelated

litigation, nor should a defense attorney defend cases when the prosecutor

is also the defense attorney's client in unrelated litigation. [ DR:5-

101(A), DR:5-105(A), (B) and (C); EC:9-2]

 

Committee Opinion April 22, 1986

 

CROSS REFERENCES

 

See also LE Op. 1383.