People v. Carbin

We granted leave to consider defendant’s claim that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel. The trial court, acting as trier of fact, found defendant guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, MCL 750.520b; MSA 28.788(2), and sentenced him to a five to fifteen year term of imprisonment. After a Ginther hearing 1 ordered by the Court of Appeals, the trial court denied defendant’s motion for a new trial. The Court of Appeals then affirmed defendant’s conviction in an unpublished opinion. 2 We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Defendant was not denied the…