People v. O'GUIN

On June 28, 1965, defendant and a codefendant were convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. MCLA § 750.316 (Stat Ann 1954 Rev § 28.548). The murder was allegedly committed in the perpetration of a robbery.

On appeal, defendant contends that he was denied effective representation of counsel because his appointed counsel was “fresh out of law school.” The right to effective assistance of counsel does not necessarily mean successful assistance and the possibility that a different attorney could have obtained a better result does not imply that defendant did not have the effective…