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Illinois Supreme Court· 11/21/1985

People v. Hattery

Citations

  • 488 N.E.2d 513
  • 109 Ill. 2d 449
  • 94 Ill. Dec. 514
  • 1985 Ill. LEXIS 337

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  • recognizing explicit statement that defendant did everything the State described in opening statement as concession of guilt
  • defense counsel is per se ineffective where counsel concedes defendant's guilt, unless the record shows that the defendant knowingly and intelligently consented to this strategy
  • counsel may not concede client's guilt without client's consent in the hope of obtaining a more lenient sentence where a plea of not guilty has been entered
  • counsel may not concede client's guilt without client's consent in the hope of obtaining a more lenient sentence where a plea of not guilty has been entered
  • by conceding defendant's guilt, counsel failed to subject prosecution's case to meaningful adversarial testing
  • no meaningful adversarial testing where defense counsel conceded guilt in opening statement, advanced no theory of defense at trial, presented no evidence, and did not make a closing argument

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Judges: Moran, Miller

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Cites

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Other cases named People v. Hattery

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