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Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/31/2006

People v. Rodriguez

Citations

  • 846 N.E.2d 220
  • 364 Ill. App. 3d 304
  • 301 Ill. Dec. 258
  • 2006 Ill. App. LEXIS 265

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that it was trial strategy not to question sexual assault victim more forcefully about consent where “ ‘the only purpose that would have been served would have been to hammer the forcefulness of the act into their minds’ ”
  • counsel’s decision not to ask alleged rape victim at trial whether or not she consented to the sexual contact found reasonable independently of prejudice
  • “For purposes of Strickland’s first prong, it is not enough that another lawyer, with the benefit of hindsight, would have acted differently than trial counsel.”
  • “For purposes of Strickland’s first prong, it is not enough that another lawyer, with the benefit of hindsight, would have acted differently than trial counsel.”
  • “For purposes of Strickland’s first prong, it is not enough that another lawyer, with the benefit of hindsight, would have acted differently than trial counsel.”
  • “Effective assistance of counsel means competent, not perfect, representation.”

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Judges: O'Malley

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