State v. Echols

Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided 2009-03-12

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Justice WALLACE, JR., delivered the opinion of the Court. Defendant filed a petition for post-conviction relief in which he asserted multiple claims of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. The trial court denied the petition. On appeal, the Appellate Division reversed, concluding that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to fully elicit alibi evidence and for failing to object to a comm…

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