OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, J.
The principal issue presented on this appeal is whether the defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel when his attorney failed to ask the trial court to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense to felony murder.
In the late afternoon of May 29, 1995, the 75-year-old victim was assaulted and robbed on the street. She died of her injuries five days later. On June 6, 1995, David Chesney was arrested...
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