By LAMECH JOHNSON

ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

THE Court of Appeal yesterday denied an attorney's request to recuse herself from an appeal case where her client was re-sentenced to life in prison for murder.

Monique Gomez, defence attorney for Ellison Smith, told appellate court justices she wished to withdraw from the case because representing Smith would be a "conflict", as she had worked for the Attorney General's office while her client was prosecuted and convicted of murder.

She told the court she had only learned of this fact recently when meeting her client.

However, appellate court president Justice Anita Allen, along with Justices Stanley John and Abdulai Conteh, t ...

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