Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Before Powell v. Alabama : Lessons from History for the Future of the Right to Counsel

In the first Part of this Essay, I outline the common law agency rule that precluded reversal of a judgment on the basis of counsel negligence. While this rule was developed in civil litigation, state judges also applied it in criminal appeals. In many states, judges continued to apply the rule stri...

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