Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was convicted of murder and related charges in connection with the death of a border patrol agent, Brian Terry, in a firefight in 2010 in a remote mountain area south of ...

An Illinois man lost his bid to undo tax fraud convictions after a federal appeals court said he failed to show ineffective assistance of counsel.

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This is Part Two of a two-part article on ineffectiveness assistance of counsel (IAC) in Family Court cases. Part One offered an overview of legal standards and preservation of IAC claims. This ...

Ineffective assistance of counsel is a discrete legal ground for appeal in post-conviction relief cases even if the underlying issue was previously litigated on appeal, according to a late-December ...

A mistrial was declared Friday in a Pueblo homicide case, court records show. Steven Vigil, 30, is accused of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder for fatally shooting Christopher ...

Colorado's second-highest court on Thursday clarified that people who are held in contempt of court do have a way to challenge their convictions based on their lawyer's allegedly ineffective ...

Stephanie Barnes has filed a notice signaling her intent to appeal her conviction, but told the court she first wants to pursue a claim her counsel provided ineffective assistance. Barnes, 64, has had ...

This case asks whether the trial record, without more, demonstrates that a defendant’s constitutional right to adequate legal representation has been violated, where the record reveals that the ...

document Ineffective Assistance Claim Document Date: October 7, 2008 In a friend-of-the-court brief submitted to Attorney General Eric Holder, the American Civil Liberties Union has asked him to ...