STATE v. PATE

No. COA14-464.

767 S.E.2d 113 (2014)

STATE of North Carolina v. John PATE, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General Narcisa Woods , for the State.

Richard J. Costanza , Southern Pines, for defendant-appellant.


Where defendant's attorney acknowledged factual admissions by defendant, and used the term "creep" as part of his trial strategy to argue that defendant's admitted actions, although improper and crude, were not criminal, defendant cannot successfully claim ineffective assistance of counsel...

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