Illinois v. Washington

Justice White, with whom The Chief Justice and Justice Rehnquist join,

dissenting.

In Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U. S. 335 (1980), this Court held that in order to establish a Sixth Amendment violation, a defendant challenging his attorney’s representation of multiple clients must establish that the attorney’s performance was affected by an actual conflict of interest, not merely a potential one. In the present case, the Illinois Supreme Court held that Cuyler*s actual-conflict-of-interest standard was limited to multiple-representation situations. 101 Ill. 2d 104, 461 N. E. 2d 393 (1984). Because…