STATE v. ARTHUR


877 A.2d 1183 (2005)

184 N.J. 307

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Michael ARTHUR, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger L. Camacho, Designated Counsel, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Sara B. Liebman, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent (Theodore J. Romankow, Union County Prosecutor, attorney; Steven J. Kaflowitz, Assistant Prosecutor, on the letter in lieu of brief).


Judge SKILLMAN (temporarily assigned) delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief based on the alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel in the defense of a prosecution for a sale of drugs. Defendant's primary claim is that his counsel was ineffective in failing to call as a defense witness Robert Jackson, who initially told defense counsel that he was the one who sold the drugs but then retracted...

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