Bar S Bar Western Store v. Martin

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• holding that because the defendant kicked officers, it was not ineffective assistance of counsel to pursue an “all or nothing” defense
• holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for deciding against requesting a jury instruction on a lesser-included offense in order to pursue an all-or-nothing defense
• concluding that ineffectiveness claim was properly rejected, where trial counsel made reasonable decision to pursue an all-or-nothing defense strategy based upon his review of the evidence
• concluding that ineffectiveness claim was properly rejected, where trial counsel made reasonable decision to pursue an all-or-nothing defense strategy based upon his review of the evidence
• applying rule in Stonaker and plain error “to the extent we are required to evaluate . . . plain error”
• applying both a Stonaker progeny and plain-error review “to the extent we are required to evaluate whether plain error resulted from the trial court’s failure to charge on the lesser included offense”

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