State v. Edwards

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant does not challenge the introduction of or the sufficiency of the evidence. Instead, her assignments of error relate to *601the effectiveness of counsel, and the trial court’s admonition to defense counsel following an incident during the trial.

Defendant first contends that the pending and ultimate disbarment of her trial counsel, Wesley F. Taiman, Jr., see N.C. State Bar v. Talman, 62 N.C. App. 355, 303 S.E. 2d 175, disc. rev. denied, 309 N.C. 192, 305 S.E. 2d 189 (1983), raises a reasonable doubt as to the effectiveness of his assistance at trial. We note first that…