PEOPLE v. PICKENS

Docket Nos. 91434, 95720, (Calendar Nos. 9-10).

446 Mich. 298 (1994)

521 N.W.2d 797

PEOPLE v. PICKENS PEOPLE v. WALLACE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, John D. O'Hair, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training, and Appeals, and Joseph A. Puleo and Thomas M. Chambers, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for the people.

Joel D. Patterson for defendant Pickens.

Martin J. Beres for defendant Wallace.

Amici Curiae:

Joan Ellerbusch Morgan for the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan.

Margaret Chiara, Donald E. Martin, and Guy L. Sweet for the Prosecuting Attorney's Association of Michigan.


RILEY, J.

At issue in these consolidated cases is whether the Michigan constitutional guarantee of the effective assistance of counsel provides a criminal defendant with greater protections than its federal counterpart. We hold that the intention underlying the Michigan Constitution does not afford greater protection than federal precedent with regard to a defendant's right to counsel when it involves a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Thus, to find that...

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