No. 21-5337
IFP
Tags: appellate-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-ethics
Latest Conference:
2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)
Wherein M. McElveen's original public defender became the lead State's Attorney, does not an appearance of impropriety exist? By extension, does not the resultant perverse conflict of interest not warrant reversal?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Sixth District Appellate Court of Illinois erred in finding that the defendant's original public defender became the victim's attorney, thus creating a conflict of interest that violated the defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel
Docket Entries
2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2021)
Attorneys
Garrett McElveen
Garrett McElveen — Petitioner