People v. Robinson

A jury convicted defendant of breaking and entering an occupied dwelling. Defendant claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel because of his lawyer’s failure to request instructions on lesser included offenses and his failure to challenge certain jurors.

This Court said in People v Armstrong, 124 Mich App 766, 769; 335 NW2d 687 (1983):

A difference of opinion as to trial strategy does not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel. People v Peery, 119 Mich App 207, 216; 326 NW2d 451 (1982).

Defendant’s first assertion is that his trial counsel made a serious mistake in not requesting…