A client of former federal prosecutor and defense lawyer Paul Bergrin, who is now serving life in prison, cannot use Bergrin’s alleged-but-unproven misconduct in the client’s trial to obtain relief for ineffective assistance of counsel, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
The three-judge Appellate Division panel, in a published ruling in State v. Peoples released July 6, affirmed the rejection of defendant Edward Peoples’ ineffective assistance claim. The court declined to overturn his murder conviction and 65-year prison sentence.
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