Is a criminal defendant entitled to the assistance of counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cornejo, 207 Cal.Rptr.3d 366, 3 Cal.App.5th 36 (Cal. App. 2016):
A criminal defendant has the right to the assistance of counsel under both the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 15, of the California Constitution. (People v. Ledesma (1987) 43 Cal.3d 171, 215, 233 Cal.Rptr. 404, 729 P.2d 839.) This right entitles the defendant not to some bare assistance but rather to effective assistance. [Citations.] Specifically, it entitles him [or her] to the reasonably competent
[3 Cal.App.5th 57]
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