Does a defendant have a right to effective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Aburahmah, 107 F.3d 17 (9th Cir. 1996):
The Sixth Amendment grants a criminal defendant the right to effective assistance of counsel. Whether a defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel is a mixed question of law and fact that this court reviews de novo. United States v. Blaylock, 20 F.3d 1458, 1464-65 (9th Cir.1994). In this case, defense counsel's conduct did not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel under the relevant standard of review. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984).
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