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PEOPLE v. COLE
Supreme Court of Illinois (2017) | 104 N.E.3d 325; 2017 IL 120997
TL;DR: The Cook County Public Defender was held in contempt for refusing to represent a co-defendant, arguing her entire office had a conflict of interest. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed that a public defender's office is not a single "law firm" for imputed disqualification purposes.
Legal Significance: This case reaffirms the long-standing Illinois precedent that a public defender's office is not a "law firm" for imputed disqualification under conflict of interest rules, meaning representation of co-defendants by different assistants is not a per se conflict.