Legal Opinion

Pottios v. State

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 30, 1997PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Richard Pottios appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County, Bradford, J.) denying his petition for post-conviction review of his conviction for aggravated assault and criminal mischief. As the basis for his petition, Pottios asserts that at trial he was. denied his right to testify and he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Because Pottios elected not to testify and suffered no prejudice as a result of his trial counsel’s actions, we affirm.

[¶2] Pottios was tried in the Superior Court {Lipez, J.) on charges of aggravated assault (Class…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Lang v. MurchSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  3. White v. ZelaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
  4. State v. BrewerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1997
  5. State v. PottiosSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. McGowan v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
  2. Gauthier v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2011

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