State v. Allen

The issue in this accelerated appeal is whether relief will lie in postconviction' relief proceedings for a pro se claim of ineffective assistance of counsel rendered by a suspended attorney whose only alleged act of legal representation consisted of advising a petitioner that he should waive the right to a preliminary hearing. The trial court held that no prejudicial error occurred because a fully licensed counsel represented petitioner at trial; therefore, any denial of the right to counsel at the preliminary hearing was harmless. We agree and decline to impose a per se rule that would…