Eugene Romero v. Robert Furlong and Ken Salazar, Attorney General, State of Colorado

How courts have described this case

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• discussing factors to be considered when determining whether there has been a “complete breakdown” in attorney-client communication
• addressing an ineffective assistance of counsel claim in the habeas context
• “In deciding whether a complete breakdown in communication rendered Appellant’s representation constitutionally ineffective, we consider four factors.” (emphasis added)
• “In deciding whether a complete breakdown in communication rendered Appellant’s representation constitutionally ineffective, we consider four factors.”
• “A breakdown in communication warranting relief under the Sixth Amendment cannot be the result of a defendant’s unjustifiable reaction to the circumstances of his situation.”
• “A breakdown in communication . . . cannot be the result of a defendant’s unjustifiable reaction to the circumstances of his situation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).