Opinion ID: 2823838
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Successive Representation

Text: Â¶37Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Whether Sullivan should be extended to cases of successive representation âremains, as far as the jurisprudence of the [United States Supreme] Court is concerned, an open question.â Id. at 176. Federal circuit courts have reached divergent conclusions, but the majority applies Sullivan in cases of successive representation. 9 Â¶38Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Our post-Mickens precedent has also left open the possibility that Sullivan extends to successive representation cases. In Dunlap, this court applied the Sullivan standard to a conflict arising from successive representation because the parties assumed it applied. 173 P.3d at 1073 n.24. We do the same today. Because the parties have not briefed the issue, we assume, without deciding, that the Sullivan standard applies to alleged conflicts arising from successive representation. With these principles in mind, we now turn to the facts of the cases before us.