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PULLEN v. STATE

291 A.2d 516 (1972)

Conrad PULLEN v. STATE of Maine et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 8, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berman, Berman & Simmons, by Jack H. Simmons, Lewiston, for plaintiff.

Peter T. Dawson, John R. Atwood, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, William F. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEBBER, POMEROY, WERNICK and ARCHIBALD, JJ.

POMEROY, Justice.

"Trial counsel's competency cannot be fairly judged by the result of the trial alone and the mere fact counsel's endeavors proved unsuccessful does not necessarily indicate legal inefficiency or lack of diligence but may rather point to a well-laid strategy that failed to work out. In other words, it is not enough that counsel's strategy did not result in a verdict of not guilty."

The above quotation is from State v. Pullen, Me.,

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