PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 83-1420.

138 Ill. App.3d 1041 (1985)

487 N.E.2d 13

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TYRONE WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed November 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Kendall Hill, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Maureen A. Harton, and Mary Ann Callahan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE QUINLAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Tyrone Williams was convicted of murder and sentenced to natural life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The issue raised on appeal is whether defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel where his attorney was under indictment and allegedly preparing his own defense at the same time he was representing defendant.

Defendant retained private counsel...

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