State v. Arsenault

ERWIN, Judge.

Defendant contends that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel at his trial.

In State v. Sneed, 284 N.C. 606, 612, 201 S.E. 2d 867, 871 (1974), Justice Branch (now Chief Justice), speaking for our Supreme Court on this subject, stated:

“Neither the United States Supreme Court, nor this Court, has fashioned a rule to guide us in determining whether an accused was denied his Constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel due to counsel’s negligence, in-comptency [sic], conflicting loyalties or other similar reasons. However, there are…