Gonzalez v. Phillips, No. 98-CV-75600 (E.D.Mich.) (195 F.Supp.2d 893) (December 21, 2001) (Judge Arthur Tarnow)
Loaded on May 1, 2002
published in Punch and Jurists
May 27, 2002
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Strickland Standard.
Reversing a decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals, the Court held that the failure of petitioner's counsel to request an interpreter for the petitioner at trial constituted ineffective assistance of counsel that prejudiced the petitioner. The Court concluded that defense counsel "should have requested an interpreter for his client ...
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