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STATE v. MILANO

No. 17.

256 S.E.2d 154 (1979)

297 N.C. 485

STATE of North Carolina v. Frank Edward MILANO.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelley Blum, Charlotte, for defendant.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Rudolph A. Ashton, III, Raleigh, for the State.

COPELAND, Justice.

For the reasons stated below, we find no error in defendant's trial.

In his first assignment of error, the defendant claims he was denied effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

In a case dealing with a guilty plea entered on counsel's advice, the United States Supreme Court has stated that the gauge of effective assistance of counsel is not "whether...

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