State v. West

¶1 — We address a common argument of a criminal defendant on appeal: his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of his constitutional rights. The argument arrives in a new setting. Michael West complains of his trial counsel’s failure to ask the trial court, in addition to the jury, to acquit him by reason of insanity. He also faults trial counsel for failing to *628object to prejudicial and misleading testimony. We affirm Michael West’s convictions for assaulting cellmates because none of trial counsel’s deficiencies prejudiced him.

Fearing, J.

*628FACTS

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