Illinois v. Washington

How later courts describe this case

• finding that because defense counsel served part-time as city prosecutor and the city was significantly involved in the arrest, counsel's professional commitments conflicted with counsel's role as appointed defense counsel in overlapping jurisdictions
• White, J., dissenting, joined by Burger, C.J. and Rehnquist, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari
• three justices dissenting from denial of certiorari discuss the Illinois split and note that “numerous” federal courts have not limited Cuyler to cases of joint representation
• three Justices, dissenting from denial of certiorari, note that “numerous federal courts have failed to discern in Cuyler any limitation to cases involving multiple representation of defendants,” and list these cases