Legal Opinion
In re C.W.N.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided May 7, 2013No. COA12-485PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYANT, Judge.
Where juvenile fails to establish that counsel’s performance was deficient or prejudiced, juvenile cannot sustain a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel.
On 8 November 2011, a juvenile petition for misdemeanor assault was filed in the Robeson County District Court. The petition alleged that C.W.N., Jr. (juvenile) “[wound] his arm up like a softball player and hit[] [the victim] in the groin [] area[.]”
An adjudicatory hearing commenced in Robeson County during the Lumberton Juvenile District Court Session on 29 November 2011, the Honorable Herbert L. Richardson, Judge…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Herring v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In the Interest of D.C.M., a Minor v. Pemiscot County Juvenile OfficeSupreme Court of Missouri · 2019
- State v. SpinksCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2021