Supreme Court of Colorado August 13, 2007, 06SA316, 06SA317 (People v. Mills)

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Chief Justice MULLARKEY

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. Introduction

These two criminal cases, pending in the Adams County District Court before the same judge, involve deputy public defenders alleging conflicts of interest in investigating ineffective assistance of counsel claims related to their clients' prior criminal convictions where such convictions occurred while the