People v. Dopson

State: Illinois

Court: 4th District Appellate

Docket No: 4-10-0014 Official Reports

Case Date: 09/28/2011

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People v. Dopson, 2011 IL App (4th) 100014

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL DION DOPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

District & No.

Fourth District Docket No. 4-10-0014 September 28, 2011 In proceedings on defendant's pro se postconviction petition following his convictions for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, the denial of his petition was reversed and the cause was remanded on the ground that he was denied effective assistance of his trial counsel based on the per se conflict of interest that arose from his trial counsel's representation of the confidential informant in defendant's case in other criminal matters pending at the same time as defendant's prosecution.

Filed Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean County, No. 06-CF-99; the Hon. Robert L. Freitag, Judge, presiding.

Judgment

Reversed and remanded.

Counsel on Appeal

Michael J. Pelletier, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, and Johannah B. Weber and Lawrence J. O'Neill, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant. William A. Yoder, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Patrick Delfino, Robert J. Biderman, and James C. Majors, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Panel

JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Appleton and Cook concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

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