People v. Shepherd

¶ 1 This appeal raises two questions: (1) Did attorney Anthony Tomkiewicz violate *515 some ethical duty owed to defendant? and (2) If so, did this alleged ethical lapse trigger the exclusionary rule? We answer the questions no and no. In a previous appeal ( People v. Shepherd , 2015 IL App (3d) 140192 , 389 Ill.Dec. 558 , 26 N.E.3d 964 ), a panel of this court held that defendant failed to establish that counsel violated Rule 1.18 of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct of 2010 (Ill. R. Prof'l Conduct (2010) R. 1.18 (eff. Jan. 1, 2010) ) "and his motion to suppress evidence should have…