Case Name: Waldemar MORALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-09-08
Citations: 513 So. 2d 695
Docket Number: No. 86-1526
Parties: Waldemar MORALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 513
Pages: 695–699

Head Matter:
Waldemar MORALES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 86-1526.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 8, 1987.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 26, 1987.
Hamar & Hamar and Richard Hamar, Miami, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Doran and Michael J. Neimand, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.

Opinion:
BASKIN, Judge.
Appellant Morales challenges the trial court's denial of his motion, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Morales contends, among other grounds, that trial counsel labored under a conflict of interest in his representation, depriving Morales of effective assistance of counsel. We agree. The record indicates that Morales' counsel was subject to personal concerns regarding the effect of his trial conduct. Those concerns constituted the active representation of " 'conflicting interests' " which " 'adversely affected his . performance,' " Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 692, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 2067, 80 L.Ed.2d 674, 696 (1984) (quoting Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335, 350, 348, 100 S.Ct. 1708, 1719, 1718, 64 L.Ed.2d 333, 346-47, 347 (1980)), and inhibited the zealous representation required of attorneys. Von Moltke v. Gillies, 332 U.S. 708, 68 S.Ct. 316, 92 L.Ed. 309 (1948). See generally, United States v. Barnes, 662 F.2d 777 (D.C.Cir.1980); United States v. Hurt, 543 F.2d 162 (D.C.Cir.1976); Commonwealth v. Duffy, 483 Pa. 170, 394 A.2d 965 (1978). We therefore vacate the order of the trial court, reverse the judgment, and remand for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.