Claims About Judge’s Relationship With Public Defender Prompt Questions About Conflicts
Even if an investigation proves that Georgia Judge Paschal A. English had an affair with Kimberly H. Cornwell, the public defender assigned to his courtroom, Cornwell's former clients could have a tough time proving that such a conflict of interest would require that they get a new trial, lawyers from both sides of the criminal justice process say. The questions about English and Cornwell are the latest to stem from a tumultuous two weeks in which two judges stepped down amid rumors of impropriety.
