People v. Hillenbrand

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• finding no per se conflict of interest when, in relevant part, defense counsel’s previous representation of the victim had “concluded long before” defendant committed his crime against the victim
• one ground for reversing trial court denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea is the plea having been entered through a misapprehension of the law
• “Mistakes in trial strategy or tactics or in judgment do not of themselves render the representation incompetent”
• one ground for reversing trial court denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea is the plea having been entered through a misapprehension of the law
• \mistakes in trial strategy or tactics or in judgment do not of themselves render the representation incompetent\
• “Due process requires that a guilty plea not be accepted unless it appears to be knowing, intelligent[,] and voluntary.”

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