Thompson v. Cain

*435In this case we are asked to determine whether criminal defense counsel renders constitutionally ineffective assistance under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution when counsel decides to concede a defendant's guilt as to some charges in closing argument after discussing that strategy with the defendant-but in that discussion defendant neither affirmatively acquiesces nor rejects the proposed strategy, but, rather, simply maintains his innocence. We conclude that resolution of that question requires a factual inquiry into what was the defendant's fundamental objective for the *774r…