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Is This Ineffective Assistance of Counsel? (Part III)

Published: Jan. 21, 2018, 2 p.m.

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This week's episode is all about mistakes, as lawyers and podcasters.\\xa0 Brett and Nazim center this episode around McCoy v. Louisiana, which asks whether or not an attorney who concedes guilt during a First Degree Murder trial has violated his client's Constitutional right to an attorney.\\xa0 This episode covers the standard for ineffective assistance of counsel, goes through a few examples, and even covers a short background on Louisiana law, but first and foremost, Brett and Nazim discuss probably the greatest listener comment we've received.\\xa0 Law starts at (05:56).

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