Madison v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtMakar, J.
The United States Supreme Court recently reminded us that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel “commands, not that a trial be fair, but that a particular guaran*238tee of fairness be provided-to wit, that the accused be defended by the counsel he believes to be best.” U.S. v. Gonzalez-Lopez, 548 U.S. 140, 146, 126 S.Ct. 2557, 165 L.Ed.2d 409 (2006); see also Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 684-85, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984) (“The Constitution guarantees a fair trial through the Due Process Clauses, but it defines the basic elements of a fair trial largely through the several…
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