Dale Tippins v. Hans Walker, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility

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• stating that when counsel sleeps through critical portions of a trial, it may constitute per se ineffective assistance of counsel
• concluding defendant suffered prejudice where defense counsel “slept every day of the trial,” including during the testimony of a “critical” prosecution witness and the “damaging” testimony of a co-defendant
• \Under these circumstances . . . there is little difference between saying that prejudice will be presumed and saying that prejudice has been demonstrated\
• \we cannot count on a trial judge to serve as the defense lawyer's alarm clock whenever matters arise that touch the client's interest\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).