STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. EDWARD PEOPLES
A-4965-13T1
In this appeal, we affirmed the denial of defendant's
petition for post-conviction relief grounded on the ineffective
assistance of counsel (IAC), Paul W. Bergrin, who has been
suspended from the practice of law in New Jersey and is
presently serving a life sentence on a federal conviction.
Defendant admitted that he was involved with attempting to
tamper with the State's witnesses, but claimed he did so based
on Bergrin's illegal and unethical advice to tamper with
witnesses. Even if this was true, we held that a defendant who
participates in illegal conduct with his attorney or acquiesces
in his attorney's illegal conduct is not entitled to IAC relief. Sunday, July 17, 2016
STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. EDWARD PEOPLES A-4965-13T1
