People v. Yost

Illinois Supreme Court
Criminal Court
Conflict of Interest
Citation
Case Number: 
2021 IL 126187
Decision Date: 
Thursday, October 21, 2021
District: 
4th Dist.
Division/County: 
Moultrie Co.
Holding: 
Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.
Justice: 
CARTER

A per se conflict does not exist when defense counsel previously represented the victim of a defendant's crime where the representation was not contemporaneous defense counsel's representation of the defendant, but had concluded before the defendant's trial.(A. BURKE, GARMAN, THEIS, NEVILLE, M. BURKE, and OVERSTREET, concurring.)