HICKS v. COM.

No. 89-SC-000213-TG.

825 S.W.2d 280 (1992)

Glen HICKS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Vincent Aprile II, Dept. of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, Pam Goldman, Public Advocate, Lexington, for appellant.

Chris Gorman, Atty. Gen., Ian G. Sonego, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


OPINION OF THE COURT

We granted a transfer of this case from the Court of Appeals to consider the question of relief for a defendant whose appeal of a conviction in a criminal case has been decided adversely to him and who contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel on appeal.

In Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 105 S.Ct. 830, 83 L.Ed.2d 821 (1985), the United States Supreme Court held that if a state...

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