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Donald FORD and William Ford, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    Nos. 77-1624, 77-1753.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Dec. 27, 1978.
    Rehearing Denied March 7, 1979.
    Dauksch, J., filed a dissenting opinion and also filed a dissenting statement on motion for rehearing.
    Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Charles D. Peters, Kenneth R. Barba, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellants.
    Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John D. Cecilian, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

CROSS and MOORE, JJ., concur.

DAUKSCH, J., dissents with opinion.

DAUKSCH, Judge,

dissenting:

I respectfully dissent.

The public defender was appointed to represent these two appellants for trial. Due to inadequate preparation for trial the lawyer did not discover until after the trial had begun that a conflict of interests existed. His representation of the two accused persons prevented at least one of the accused brothers testifying about his involvement, or alleged lack thereof, in the crime. In my opinion, justice requires a reversal and a new trial for both appellants. It is noted the same public defender who failed below urges his failure here. I wonder if he can be as objective on appeal as another lawyer might be. The continuing conflict might have caused this appeal not to have been argued as strenuously as it could have been. All of this goes to a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel and a constitutional right to procedural due process before a valid conviction.

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM.

Motion for rehearing is DENIED.

CROSS and MOORE, JJ., concur.

DAUKSCH, J., dissents.

DAUKSCH, Judge,

dissenting:

The opinion in this case is in conflict with Wilson v. State, 348 So.2d 10 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977) and Baker v. State, 202 So.2d 563 (Fla.1967) and that is why I dissented and why I think we should grant rehearing and grant a new trial.