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Is This Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Part 2?

Published: Jan. 22, 2017, 2 p.m.

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This week's episode runs back America's favorite game, where Nazim tries to guess whether or not horrible lawyer mistakes automatically entitle defendants to new trials.\\xa0 Brett and Nazim also cover the case of Lee v. U.S., where an immigration attorney forgot to inform the client that a guilty plea would result in deportation, and Buck v. Davis, where an attorney put on an expert that shared horribly racist opinions with the jury.\\xa0 Law starts at (03:31).

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