State v. Mick

Introduction

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from an Erie County Court of Common Pleas' judgment of conviction and sentence. A jury found Richard Mick, defendant below and appellant herein, guilty of two counts of gross sexual imposition and two counts of rape. The trial court sentenced Mick to serve a mandatory life sentence in prison.

{¶ 2} On appeal, Mick asserts several errors, including that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel when his counsel refused to participate in any phase of his trial. Because we find that Mick was denied his constitutional right to effective representation,…