Muhammed Dawan v. A.L. Lockhart

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• discussing inquiry informed that his attorney also represented the state's witness. See Spreitzer v. Peters, 114 F.3d 1435, 1451-52 (7th Cir. 1997) (finding that trial court appropriately relied on defense counsel's assessment of potential conflict of interest
• “[Petitioner’s] attorney represented successively two codefendants with conflicting stories, creating an actual conflict of interest which he did not bring to the Court’s attention at or after trial. In so doing, he acted unreasonably.”
• “[Petitioner’s] attorney represented successively two codefendants with conflicting stories, creating an actual conflict of interest which he did not bring to the Court’s attention at or after trial. In so doing, he acted unreasonably.”

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