People v. Grant

This is a claim of ineffective .assistance of counsel. Defendant was convicted by a jury on three counts of criminal sexual conduct involving two sisters. His convictions were based largely on testimony of the older girl who stated that defendant had severely injured her during an incident of sexual misconduct. Defendant maintained that he was innocent and that *480the injury this girl sustained was caused by a bicycle accident, as she had originally related.

Defendant’s counsel failed to adequately interview members of the family who were present on the day of the incident. He did not determine…