State v. Brown

¶1 Tschida Brown appeals her misdemeanor convictions on the grounds her counsel provided ineffective assistance. Brown argues her trial counsel’s performance in Justice Court was ineffective based on the following three complaints: (1) counsel failed to file a motion to dismiss on speedy trial grounds after a mistrial in Justice Court; (2) counsel failed to file a motion to suppress all evidence obtained after an unlawful traffic stop; and (3) counsel unnecessarily, and to Brown’s detriment, procured and filed a waiver of the right to a speedy trial in the earlier Justice Court proceeding.…