Atkins (James) v. State

proceedings would have been different. Strickland v. Washington,

466 U.S. 668, 687-88

(1984); Warden, Nev. State Prison v. Lyons, 100 Nev. 430, 432-33,

683 P.2d 504, 505

(1984) (adopting the test in Strickland); see also Kirksey v. State, 112 Nev. 980, 998,

923 P.2d 1102, 1114

(1996). First, appellant claimed that counsel was ineffective for failing to appear at his initial arraignment, where counsel should have challenged appellant's arrest on the basis that the police officer made a binding promise not to arrest him, and challenged the arraignment because it was not held within 72 hours of his…