Court Opinion

ID: 9549985
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:27:09.594565+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:21:06.868625
License: Public Domain

LUMPKIN, Vice Presiding Judge,
specially concurring.
I concur with the Court’s analysis and decision in this case. If this type of issue is raised at trial, the trial judge would greatly assist the review on appeal by making a record regarding the effect, if any, the loss of memory may have had on the ability of a defendant’s attorney to adequately represent the defendant at trial. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit addressed this issue in Wilson v. United States, 391 F.2d 460 (D.C.Cir.1968), and set forth six (6) findings the trial judge should make at the conclusion of the trial. Id. at 463-64. These findings would then assist the appellate court in the review of any allegations of error regarding the fairness of the trial. I would therefore urge any trial judge confronted with this issue to ensure a record is made which will allow this Court to deter*488mine any issues raised on appeal. In this case, I agree with the court that the facts do not raise the need for further review.