People v. Williams

On March 31,1978, defendant was convicted of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance after a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Peoria County. On appeal she contends that because her appointed attorney represented a co-defendant with conflicting interests, she did not receive effective assistance of counsel.

At trial, George Murray, an I.B.I. agent, testified that on August 31, 1977, he and an informant, Bill Lemons, went to apartment number 471 of the Harrison Homes in Peoria where they were admitted by a woman whom Murray identified as defendant. When asked if she had any “preludins”…