Legal Opinion

Ayers v. State

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided July 18, 2002No. 14, 2002PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEELE, Justice:

In this appeal, Appellant Andrew Ayers alleges that the Superior Court erred when it found that he had received effective assistance of counsel at his trial on charges of delivering cocaine. .We conclude that the Superior Court judge acted within his discretion when he determined that Ayers offered insufficient evidence to support his claim that his trial counsel’s representation descended to the level of ineffective assistance. Therefore, we affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.

On April 3, 2000 a Superior Court jury convicted Ayers on a single charge of Delivery of a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Younger v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1990
  3. Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1981
  4. Dawson v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1994
  5. Trump v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2000

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3Cited by65 opinions

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