Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Death Sentence.

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (IAC) is a stigma all criminal defense attorneys seek to avoid, as such a finding, or even the mere allegation of this, can ruin one’s reputation forever. The following summary of a 2020 California Supreme Court opinion concerning Attorney Shinn, now deceased, is instructive on many levels and dramatic on others, as it involves IAC from a 1992 conviction for a 1983 murder of a police officer in Los Angeles. To read about why the California Supreme Court found IAC, please click on the following link – https://www.greghillassociates.com/ineffective-assistance-of-counsel-and-death-sentence.html