PEOPLE v. JANUSZ

No. 2-22-0348.

2024 IL App (2d) 220348

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICHARD JANUSZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Modified upon denial of rehearing March 13, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Chadd , Thomas A. Lilien , and R. Christopher White , of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Richard D. Amato , State's Attorney, of Sycamore ( Patrick Delfino , Edward R. Psenicka , and Max C. Boose , of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justices Hutchinson and Birkett concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is whether defendant, Richard Janusz, received unreasonable assistance of his retained postconviction counsel because counsel labored under an actual conflict of interest at the first stage of the proceedings. For the following reasons...

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