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PEOPLE v. ACKLEY

Docket No. 149479.

870 N.W.2d 858 (2015)

497 Mich. 381

PEOPLE, v. ACKLEY.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 29, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, David E. Gilbert , Prosecuting Attorney, and Marc Crotteau , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Rodenhouse Kuipers, PC, Grand Rapids (by Andrew J. Rodenhouse ), for defendant, Amicus Curiae.

Michigan Innocence Clinic (by Caitlin M. Plummer , Imran J. Syed , and Kimberly A. Thomas ) for the Innocence Network.

The question before us is whether the defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel by his trial counsel's failure to investigate adequately and to attempt to secure suitable expert assistance in the preparation and presentation of his defense. In this case involving the unexplained...

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