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HARRIS v. STATE

305 A.2d 318 (1973)

Emmett HARRIS, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

March 6, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Vincent Ramunno, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant.

H. Newton White, Deputy Atty. Gen., Georgetown, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before WOLCOTT, C. J., CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ.

HERRMANN, Justice:

This is an appeal from a post-conviction proceeding involving the competency of legal counsel in a rape case.

I.

Upon a prior appeal from the conviction itself, the defendant contended that his former counsel was so incompetent as trial attorney as to be "inherently ineffective" in his representation of the defendant; that, therefore, he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel...

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