Court Opinion

ID: 9736559
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:59:42.698206+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:42:06.975491
License: Public Domain

BANDSTRA, J.
(concurring). I concur with the lead opinion. I do not conclude that the errors requiring *401reversal, which likely affected the jury’s determinations of the alleged victim’s credibility in this close case, did so only with regard to testimony concerning the criminal sexual conduct charges. “Unless the accused receives the effective assistance of counsel, ‘a serious risk of injustice infects the trial itself.’ ” United States v Cronic, 466 US 648, 656; 104 S Ct 2039; 80 L Ed 2d 657 (1984), quoting Cuyler v Sullivan, 446 US 335, 343; 100 S Ct 1708; 64 L Ed 2d 333 (1980). Thus, I disagree with Judge SCHUETTE, who concludes that the errors did not affect the conviction for first-degree home invasion and felonious assault.