terrrry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> we are gng lots of interestining reactions on facebook to the storyyou can join the conversatation at facacebook.com/abc7news. the sususpect in a mass murder in san francisco is due in court tododay a judge has to determine whether the public defender's office can repres 35-year-old binh thai luc because of a potetential conflict of inteterest. >> reporter: we just got the ruling a couple secondnds ago. defender cannot represent binh thai luc he i is notng -- getting the torn he waanted. ---- the attorney he wanted. the 3 35-year-old is accused of killing five inside a home a week ago. police are still trying to figure out the motive. they are looking into the possibility it c be over a gambling debt. assigning hraoubg an atttorney has been tricky -- assign luc an attorneney has been tricky because of his brotther who the pubublic dder represented in the past. prosecutors though was a conflict o of interest. the public defender had spent a lot of time with him and wanted to see case through. >> is concerned about wha iss going on, as anyone would be i