State v. Chavez
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the Court
*434Sweeney, J.
¶1 This appeal follows the trial court’s refusal to allow the defendant to withdraw a plea of guilty. His lawyer asked and was permitted to withdraw based on a potential conflict of interest. Substitute counsel then filed what he explicitly characterized as an "Anders brief”1 and strongly suggested that his client’s position was frivolous. Substitute counsel did not develop any potential claim of conflict following the withdrawal of the original lawyer. We conclude that this was ineffective assistance of counsel and remand for further proceedings on the defendant’s motion to…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- State v. McFarlandWashington Supreme Court · 1995
- Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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