Appellate Court of Illinois· 12/4/1995

People v. Vera

Citations

660 N.E.2d 9
213 Ill. Dec. 752
277 Ill. App. 3d 130
1995 Ill. App. LEXIS 899

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holding that, although any one error of counsel may not have satisfied the Strickland test, the error cumulatively rendered the result of the proceedings unreliable under the Strickland standard
finding of prejudice where though counsel’s errors in isolation may not have sufficed, the cumulative effect undermined the reliability of the result
counsel’s performance was deficient when counsel failed to request continuance to hire interpreter to translate from Spanish to English contents of audio recording, which allegedly included exculpatory information
though any one error may not have satisfied Strickland, cumulative impact rendered conviction unreliable
counsel ineffective for failing to impeach regarding the color of a shooter’s car

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Judges: Wolfson

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