State v. Sandy

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Ashland County, entered upon a jury verdict finding defendant-appellant guilty of two violations of R.C. 2925.03 (A)(1) (trafficking in drugs).

Appellant raises the following assignment of error:

“Defendant was denied a fair trial as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution in that the defendant was denied the ‘effective’ assistance of counsel.”

The testimony in this case was presented in major part through the testimony of Jeff Hanna, a special deputy sheriff who was also employed at a…