Court Opinion

ID: 9937991
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 19:02:19.355947+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:37.827020
License: Public Domain

Robert Tegner has waived any error that may result from his attorney's having represented the State's material witness in another criminal matter. Therefore, I cannot hold that Tegner cannot be represented by his attorney of choice. I think the attorney has placed himself between a rock and a hard place in light of the ethics opinion from the Alabama State Bar and the prospect of cross-examining his former client in an attempt to discredit him. However, if Tegner should be convicted, he has waived his right to seek reversal on the grounds that Mays, in cross-examining this material witness for the State, provided Tegner inadequate or ineffective representation because of this potential conflict of interest.