Ineffective assistance of trial counsel and ineffective assistance of appellate counsel are both cognizable claims under the Sixth Amendment and under Utah’s PCRA — but they operate through entirely different procedural vehicles. Trial IAC can be raised on direct appeal…
Ineffective assistance of trial counsel is the most frequently raised ground for post-conviction relief in Utah — and the one for which the PCRA’s evidentiary hearing process is most valuable. Unlike a direct appeal, which is confined to the trial…
Ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) is among the most frequently raised grounds in Utah criminal appeals. It is also among the most procedurally unusual — because the evidence needed to prove an IAC claim is often not in the trial…
The Sixth Amendment guarantees every criminal defendant the effective assistance of counsel. When that guarantee is violated — when trial counsel’s performance falls below constitutional minimums and the defendant is convicted as a result — a Utah criminal appeal can…
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