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COM. v. PRIDHAM

Nos. 2011-SC-000126-DG, 2010-SC-000733-DG.

394 S.W.3d 867 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant v. Russell Tim PRIDHAM, Jr., Appellee, and Jason Cox, Appellant v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Conway , Attorney General of Kentucky, Bryan Darwin Morrow , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Meggan Elizabeth Smith , Assistant Public Advocate, Department of Public Advocacy, LaGrange, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Douglas Patrick Vowels , Brandenburg, KY, Jack Conway , Attorney General, James Coleman Shackelford , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Office of the Attorney General, Counsel for Appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Justice ABRAMSON.

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees criminal defendants the effective assistance of counsel. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). That constitutional guarantee extends to defendants who are contemplating guilty pleas. Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 106 S.Ct. 366, 88 L.Ed.2d 203...

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