Where, as here, this Court determines that the trial court's inquiry was insufficient, the remedy is to remand to the trial court for a hearing to determine whether a conflict exists. State v. Gray , 225 N.C. App. 431, 438, 736 S.E.2d 837, 842 (2013) ; James , 111 N.C. App. at 791, 433 S.E.2d at 759. Accordingly, we remand to the trial court to make that determination.
“The exact standard to be applied when evaluating what relief, if any, should be granted in response to a conflict of interest claim hinges, to a considerable extent, upon the exact procedural context in which the conflict of interest claim has been presented for a reviewing court's consideration.” State v. Gray,––– N.C.App. ––––, ––––, 736 S.E.2d 837, 841, disc. review denied,––– N.C. ––––, 747 S.E.2d 534 (2013). When a defendant does not object to joint representation where an actual conflict exists, reversal is not automatic but a defendant must show that “an actual conflict of interest adversely affected his lawyer's performance.”