California Court of Appeal

Held that a criminal defendant had a Sixth Amendment right to maintain his innocence of the alleged acts, despite counsel's advice to admit the acts but deny the necessary mental state. The defendant contended that his counsel had improperly overridden his insistence of factual innocence in adopting a defense strategy. Agreeing with him, the California Court of Appeal reversed his conviction of attempted murder of a police officer.

Appellate Information

• Published 2019/04/12

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• Dato

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• California Court of Appeal

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