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STATE v. ECHOLS

A-12 September Term 2008

972 A.2d 1091 (2009)

199 N.J. 341

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Terrence ECHOLS, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 12, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth P. Ply, Assistant Prosecutor, argued the cause for appellant (Paula T. Dow, Essex County Prosecutor, attorney).

Daniel V. Gautieri, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for respondent (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney).

Jeanne Screen, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Attorney General of New Jersey (Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney).

Justice WALLACE, JR., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Defendant filed a petition for post-conviction relief in which he asserted multiple claims of ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. The trial court denied the petition. On appeal, the Appellate Division reversed, concluding that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to fully elicit alibi evidence and for failing to object to a comment in the prosecutor...

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