State v. Greene

WEBB, Justice.

The defendant’s first assignment of error deals with his trial counsel’s final argument to the jury. The defendant contends that his trial counsel, without the defendant’s consent or authorization, argued that the jury should find the defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter, thus depriving the defendant of his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel. Trial counsel argued, in part, as follows:

Karl Greene didn’t have anything to do with me being here. Don’t use what I’ve said and done against him. Wouldn’t be right. I’ve done my best. I’ve plowed the…