STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 1 CA-CR-5483.

139 Ariz. 217 (1983)

677 P.2d 1325

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. John Douglas EDWARDS, III, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Review Denied March 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen., by William J. Schafer, III, Chief Counsel, Criminal Div., and Jack Roberts, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, for appellee.

Henry J. Florence, Ltd. by Henry J. Florence, Phoenix, for appellant.


OPINION

GREER, Judge.

In this matter we determine whether the defendant's trial counsel's failure to adequately prepare an insanity defense and request a Dessureault hearing amounts to ineffective assistance of counsel. For the following reasons, we determine it does and therefore reverse and remand this case for a new trial.

On October 21, 1980, defendant Edwards was indicted by the Maricopa County Grand Jury on charges of theft by extortion...

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