People v. McMillin

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• statements made by driving-under-the-influence (DUI) defendant's friend, who inexplicably appeared at the scene of the crash while a police officer was questioning defendant, were testimonial; the witness's statements were in response to an \accusatory\ question by the officer
• statements made by driving-under-the-influence (DUI) defendant’s friend, who inexplicably appeared at the scene of the crash while a police officer was questioning defendant, were testimonial; the witness’s statements were in response to an “accusatory” question by the officer
• failure to object to distortion of evidence in closing argument together with defense counsel interjecting evidence of his client’s prior criminal record was ineffective assistance of counsel which undermined confidence in the outcome of case thereby depriving defendant of fair trial
• defense counsel elicited a lengthy criminal past, including multiple past convictions identical to the crimes charged, in order to establish that the defendant would plead guilty if he were guilty and would only invoke his right to a jury trial if he were innocent
• defense counsel elicited a lengthy criminal past, including multiple past convictions identical to the crimes charged, in order to establish that the defendant would plead guilty if he were guilty and would only invoke his right to a jury trial if he were innocent
• defense counsel elicited a lengthy criminal past, including multiple past convictions identical to the crimes charged, in order to establish that the defendant would plead guilty if he were guilty and would only invoke his right to a jury trial if he were innocent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).