State v. Goldberg

Following a remand from State v. Goldberg, 149 Wn.2d 888, 72 P.3d 1083 (2003), the trial court resen-tenced Morris H. Goldberg to 320 months, a maximum standard range sentence based upon his first degree murder conviction. He now contends in a unique argument that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at the resen-tencing because his attorney failed to object to the deputy prosecutor’s argument to the court and failed to adequately argue for a lower standard range sentence. Speculative, conclusory arguments do not show deficient performance or prejudice. Accordingly, we affirm.

FACTS

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