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Lawyer Raising Ineffective Assistance Claim Is the Subject of One Herself
For a lawyer, filing a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) can be tough. Of course, ethically, lawyers have no choice but to raise a valid IAC claim -- after all, it's part of the duty to zealously represent...

CRIMINAL: Ineffective assistance of counsel: PARRISH V. COM. (SC 9/18/2008)
PARRISH V. COM.CRIMINAL: Ineffective assistance of counsel2006-SC-000592-MR.pdfPUBLISHED: AffimringOpinion by Noble; Abramson not sittingJefferson Date Rendered: 9/18/2008SC affirmed Jefferson Circuit Court's denial of Defendant's RCr 11...

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Ineffective Assistance may not be Legal Malpractice
Plaintiff in Gersten v. Lemke, 110651/07 ,Decided: February 14, 2008 ,Justice Marylin G. Diamond ,NEW YORK COUNTY Supreme Court  was indicted.  He was convicted.  He successfully had the indictment dismissed, after demonstrating ineffective assistance of counsel...

COA rejects ineffective assistance of counsel claim re claim of involuntary plea: VAUGHN V. COM. (COA 2/15/2008)
ROBERT VAUGHN V. COM. CRIMINAL: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 2006-CA-000901 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING PANEL: ACREE PRESIDING; COMBS, TAYLOR CONCUR COUNTY: JEFFERSON DATE RENDERED: 2/15/2008 CA affirmed Circuit Court's denial of pro se Defendant's RCr 11...

Urban Legend Debunked
Claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are approaching stories about pop-tops and naughty gerbils. Everybody *says* they are the victim of ineffective assistance of counsel, but after reading some of these cases one wonders if there is such a thing...

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