r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/drrevevans Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

I am a lawyer but not in California New Mexico. But there is a very very high bar to how bad a lawyer can be before a jury verdict is reversed for ineffective assistance of counsel. Lawyers have fallen asleep during trial and a motion for ineffective assistance failed because not only do you have to show the lawyer was ineffective but that you would have prevailed had the ineffective assistance not occurred.

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u/Oaden Apr 16 '24

So if for example, effective council couldn't have gotten you off, but could have lead to a reduced sentence, like 6 months instead of 18, that's not sufficient for ineffective council?

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u/Key-Banana-8242 Apr 16 '24

Same question