State v. Baker

EAGLES, Judge.

Pursuant to the direction of the Supreme Court, we have reconsidered defendant’s assignments of error that our previous opinion did not address.

By his first assignment of error, defendant argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel guaranteed under both the United States and North Carolina Constitutions. After careful examination of the record we agree.

A defendant’s constitutional right to counsel includes the right to the effective assistance of counsel. State v. Braswell, 312 N.C. 553, 324 S.E.2d 241 (1985). The test for determining whether a defendant in a…