United States Seventh Circuit

District court's grant of defendant's petition for collateral relief is reversed and remanded where, because the record would not support a conclusion that going to trial with only one lawyer had a substantial and injurious effect on the outcome, the state judiciary's erroneous decision to disqualify defendant's second lawyer was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/29/2007
• Decided 02/05/2010
• Published 02/05/2010

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer A. Bonjean, Attorney, Bonjean Law Group, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellee., Jonathan J. Silbermann, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondent-Appellant.