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IN RE DENZEL W.

Nos. 107003, 107112.

930 N.E.2d 974 (2010)

237 Ill.2d 285

In re DENZEL W., a Minor (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Denzel W., a Minor, Appellee). The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Kenneth Smith, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 18, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield, Richard A. Devine, Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, Douglas P. Harvath, Asst. State Attorney's, of counsel), for People in 107003.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Def., Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Def., Caroline Ellis Bourland, Asst. Appellate Def., Chicago for appellee in 107003.

Lisa Madigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield, Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, Douglas P. Harvath, Asst. State Attorney's of counsel), for People in 107112.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Def., Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Def., Brian A. McNeil, Asst. Appellate Def., Chicago, for appellant in 107112.

OPINION

Justice GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

This consolidated appeal raises the issue of whether a defendant's right to counsel is violated where defense counsel fails to comply with Supreme Court Rule 711 (210 Ill.2d R. 711). Specifically, counsel in each of these cases failed to file the accused's written consent to participation in the defense by a nonattorney senior law student or law graduate (a 711 law student). In

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