STATE v. WAITKUS

No. 2 CA-CR 88-0473.

161 Ariz. 387 (1989)

778 P.2d 1283

The STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Michael Jon WAITKUS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2, Department B.

August 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. by Jessica Gifford Funkhouser and Mark E. Dwyer, Phoenix, for appellee.

Edward H. Laber, Tucson, for appellant.


OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Chief Judge.

The sole issue in this case is the propriety of the trial court's finding that, although appellant received ineffective assistance of counsel, he failed to demonstrate sufficient prejudice requiring a new trial.

On the night of June 21, 1987, appellant broke into the house trailer of his ex-wife and attacked her boyfriend with a crowbar. Appellant was indicted on charges of aggravated assault and first-degree burglary...

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