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PEOPLE v. HARDIN

No. 99696.

840 N.E.2d 1205 (2005)

217 Ill.2d 289

298 Ill.Dec. 770

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Tommy O. HARDIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 1, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Peter A. Carusona and Jay Wiegman, Assistant Defenders, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Linda D. Woloshin and Assata N. Peterson, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Tommy O. Hardin, was represented at trial by an assistant public defender. He was represented in postconviction proceedings by another assistant public defender. His postconviction attorney argued that his trial attorney was ineffective. The sole issue in this case is whether the simple fact that both attorneys were employed by the Du Page County public defender's office necessitated an inquiry...

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