Criminal
Jul. 16, 2014
Attorney for young defendant ruled 'ineffective'
An attorney's failure to contest his juvenile client's 69-years-to-life sentence as cruel and unusual punishment amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel, a court of appeal has ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An attorney's failure to contest his juvenile client's 69-years-to-life sentence as cruel and unusual punishment amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel, a court of appeal has ruled.
A jury convicted the defendant of attempting to kill two acquaintances after a confrontation in front of his house escalated into a shooting spree.
The defendant "was a juvenile when he commi...
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