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Sunday, July 17, 2016

STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. EDWARD PEOPLES A-4965-13T1


 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.