STATE v. SMITH

No. 9854.

712 P.2d 496 (1986)

STATE of Hawaii, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael SMITH, aka Michael Calderon, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

As Amended January 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra E. Pechter (Roehrig, Roehrig & Wilson, of counsel), Hilo, for defendant-appellant.

Charlene Y. Iboshi (Lincoln Ashida, Law Intern, with her on brief), Deputy Pros. Atty., Hilo, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.


NAKAMURA, Justice.

Claiming a denial of his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial, Michael Smith appeals from a judgment of conviction of Attempted Sodomy in the Second Degree entered by the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit.1 Because we are convinced from a review of the record that the performance of defense counsel was not within the range of competence expected...

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