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PEOPLE v. PATTERSON

No. 2-12-0359.

997 N.E.2d 673 (2013)

2013 IL App (2d) 120359

375 Ill. Dec. 362

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cowarna L. PATTERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

September 26, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Carusona , Mark D. Fisher , State Appellate Defender's Office, Ottawa, for appellant.

Joseph P. Bruscato , State's Attorney, Rockford ( Lawrence M. Bauer , Jay Paul Hoffmann , State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 Defendant, Cowarna L. Patterson, appeals the second-stage dismissal of her postconviction petition. She contends that a third-stage evidentiary hearing is necessary to resolve issues surrounding her trial attorney's conflict of interest. We affirm.

¶ 2 Defendant was charged with first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 2002)) for the stabbing death of Tyrone...

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