Judgment reversed, on the law, and new trial ordered. No questions of fact have been raised or considered.
Defendant contends on this appeal, inter alia, that a litany of errors committed by counsel had the effect of depriving him of the effective assistance of counsel. We agree.
As we recently stated, "[t]he right to effective representation is measured by whether, upon the totality of the circumstances, the attorney provided meaningful representation...
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