SALT LAKE CITY v. GROTEPAS

No. 940274.

906 P.2d 890 (1995)

SALT LAKE CITY, Plaintiff and Petitioner, v. Calvin GROTEPAS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd J. Godfrey, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Robert B. Breeze, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

Jan Graham, Atty. Gen., Annina M. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for amicus State.


ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS

RUSSON, Justice:

This court granted certiorari for the narrow purpose of reviewing the court of appeals' determination that the ineffective assistance of counsel test enunciated in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 2064, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), applies to a case involving an infraction. We reverse and remand.

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