Defendant was arrested during a buy-and-bust operation after the defendant sold $20 worth of cocaine to an undercover police officer. Before trial, defendant waived his right to a jury trial. Defendant now contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his attorney gave no opening statement, gave a brief statement in summation, abandoned a planned agency defense that was the alleged basis for the waiver of a jury trial, failed to cross-examine two...
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