Legal Opinion
State v. SM
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided April 14, 2000No. 23458-1-IIPublished
1Opinion of the Court
996 P.2d 1111 (2000)
100 Wash.App. 401
STATE of Washington, Respondent,
v.
S.M., Appellant.
No. 23458-1-II.
Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.
April 14, 2000.
Melanie Paige Romo, Cowlitz Co. Pros. Atty., Longview, for Respondent.
Brady R. Johnson, Seattle, for Appellant.
SEINFELD, J.
S.M. pleaded guilty as charged to committing three counts of first degree child rape. He later moved to withdraw his plea, arguing ineffective assistance of counsel. Because S.M.'s attorney delegated the task of advising S.M. to his wife/legal assistant and because her advice was both incomplete and misleading, we…
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- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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