PEOPLE v. HARDIN

No. 2-03-0550.

818 N.E.2d 1246 (2004)

353 Ill. App.3d 522

289 Ill.Dec. 43

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tommy Odell HARDIN, a/k/a Thomas O. Hardin, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Robert J. Agostinelli and Peter A. Carusona (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Tommy O. Harden.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Patrick D. Daly, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for the People.


Justice GILLERAN JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Tommy Odell Hardin, also known as Thomas O. Hardin, Jr., appeals from the dismissal of his postconviction petition. A lawyer from the Du Page County public defender's office represented him at his trial for aggravated criminal sexual abuse (720 ILCS 5/12-16(d) (West 1996)). The court appointed another lawyer from the Du Page County public defender's office to represent the defendant in the...

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