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RODRIGUEZ v. CHANDLER

No. 06-3995.

492 F.3d 863 (2007)

Neftaly RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Nedra CHANDLER, Warden, Dixon Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer A. Bonjean (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, First Judicial District, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Jonathan J. Silbermann (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

A state judge erroneously disqualified one of the two lawyers representing Neftaly Rodriguez, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 29 years in prison. Three years ago we held that this disqualification violated the sixth amendment (applied to the states by the fourteenth) by depriving him of his chosen counsel, but that such an error does not automatically vitiate the conviction. Rodriguez v. Chandler, 382 F...

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