State v. Faragi

The defendant appeals from his conviction for first degree murder. In the appeal as originally docketed the defendant claimed through counsel that the Superior Court [Bean, J.) errone*3ously failed to hold a hearing on the defendant’s competence to waive the defense of insanity. Thereafter, the defendant filed a brief pro se, claiming, inter alia, ineffective assistance of trial counsel. As to this latter issue, we remanded for evidentiary hearing and ruling. On remand, the same trial judge rejected the claim of ineffective assistance, and we have consolidated the defendant’s appeal from that…