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PEOPLE v. HERNANDEZ

No. 105368.

896 N.E.2d 297 (2008)

231 Ill.2d 134

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Juan C. HERNANDEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Ackerman, Patrick A. Tuite, Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, John E. Nowak, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

In this case, we must determine whether a criminal defense attorney labors under a per se conflict of interest when he or she also represents the alleged victim of defendant's offense, but where the attorney has had no contact with the alleged victim for several years. The circuit court of Cook County and the appellate court found that

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