Can a defense attorney who runs for a position in the prosecuting attorney's office for a very specific conflict of interest?

Defendant cites no authority for the proposition that running for a position in the prosecuting attorney's office creates a "very specific conflict of interest." The authorities defendant cites for the proposition that a defense attorney accepting a new position with the prosecuting agency creates a conflict do not in fact stand for that proposition. People v. Bonin (1989) 47 Cal.3d 808 dealt with an alleged conflict of interest arising when the defense attorney had prior dealings with a key prosecution witness and had obtained literary rights to the story through the fee agreement. (Id. at p. 825.) People v. Marshall (1987) 196 Cal.App.3d 1253 holds the exact opposite of what defendant claims

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