Ineffective assistance of counsel
- Ineffective assistance of counsel
Ineffective assistance of counsel is an issue raised in legal malpractice suits and in appeals in criminal cases where a criminal defendant asserts that their criminal conviction occurred because their attorney failed to properly defend the case. In order to prevail on such a claim, the plaintiff or appellant must show two things:
# Deficient performance by counsel.
# But for such deficiency, the result of the proceeding would have differed.
Some states limit the use of this appeal to mistakes the counsel made at trial. Fact|date=September 2007
In "Strickland v. Washington" (1984), the Supreme Court of the United States established that failure to inform a defendant of the direct consequences of a sentence qualifies as ineffective assistance of counsel, but failure to inform of collateral consequences of criminal charges does not. All immigration related consequences are considered collateral. [United States v. Sanctlises, 509 F2d 703 (2d Cir. 1975); United States v. Romero-Vilea, 850 F.2d 177, 179 (3d Cir. 1988); Fruchtman v. Keaton, 531 F.2d 946, 949 (9th Cir. 1976). ]
Having the benefit of counsel or assistance of counsel means that the party (defendant) has had a competent attorney representing him or her.
References
ee also
* Contract attorney
* Public defender
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