State v. Barber

The defendant, Jerome Barber, was charged with rape by forcible compulsion, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72a (a) (1). He was tried to a jury and found guilty. He has appealed from the judgment rendered on the verdict, alleging that he was denied adequate assistance of counsel. There is no claim of error on the part of the court in its charge or in its conduct of the trial.

The present case illustrates the difficulty of determining adequacy of counsel on a direct appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict rather than on a motion for a new trial or a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.…