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File-In this Nov. 16, 2017, file photo, Larry Whaley, left, enters a Cerro Gordo County district courtroom in Mason City, Iowa with State Public Defender Michael Adams. Adams, a supervisor in the Iowa State Public Defender's Office has a part-time side job as a local police officer, creating a potential conflict of interest. Adams supervises the special defense unit, tasked to defend low-income defendants in complex criminal cases statewide, but since 2008 he has also served as a part-time reserve police officer in the city of Colfax. The potential conflict of interest has surfaced this month in a murder case. (Arian Schuessler/The Globe Gazette via AP, File)

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