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Judge Finds No Ineffective Assistance in Trial Where Defense Lawyer’s ‘Associate’ Was Non-Attorney Felon
It was not until after Kenneth Stevens had been sentenced to 216 months in prison for bank robbery that he learned the "associate" who sat second chair at his trial was not an attorney, but his lawyer's business partner and a convicted felon. Last week, a federal judge ruled that the ostensible associate's criminal background and lack of a law degree were insufficient grounds for finding ineffective assistance and rejected Stevens' motion to vacate his conviction.
