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STATE v. DOCKERY

No. 8520SC624.

336 S.E.2d 719 (1985)

STATE of North Carolina v. Michael DOCKERY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Associate Atty. Gen. D. David Steinbock, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Acting Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., by Asst. Appellate Defender Louis D. Bilionis, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

PARKER, Judge.

Defendant's only assignment of error is that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel guaranteed to all criminal defendants by the Sixth Amendment to the Federal Constitution and Article 1, Section 23 of our State Constitution. The standard for evaluating the effectiveness of appointed counsel in a criminal trial is that of "reasonably effective assistance." Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104...

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