Opinion ID: 2210560
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: performance at resentencing hearing

Text: When counsel was asked at the resentencing hearing if he had anything to say regarding why judgment should not be passed against Carter and the nature of the sentence that should be made, counsel replied that he did not. Carter further contends that, among other matters, this colloquy demonstrates that his counsel was ineffective at the resentencing hearing. Assuming, arguendo, that counsel's performance was deficient, we determine that Carter has failed to show prejudice. He has not demonstrated what his attorney could have said to the court that would have affected the resentencing. It is clear from the record that the main purpose of the resentencing hearing was to allow Carter a direct appeal. In view of our later discussion regarding the alleged excessiveness of the defendant's sentence and the reason underlying the resentencing proceeding, there is no reasonable probability that, but for counsel's deficient performance, the result of the resentencing hearing would have been different.