The following excerpt is from Payne v. Arnold, No. 2:14-cv-2394-JAM-EFB P (E.D. Cal. 2016):
Id. at 1026. The Sixth Amendment guarantees effective assistance of counsel, but not a "meaningful relationship" between an accused and his counsel. Morris v. Slappy, 461 U.S. 1, 14 (1983).
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