32 Va. App. 337 - Webb v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““The right to have the assistance of counsel is a ‘fundamental’ right, although such right is not explicitly set out in the Constitution of Virginia.” Commonwealth v. Edwards, 235 Va. 499, 505 , 370 S.E.2d 296, 298-99 (1988); see also Browning v. Commonwealth, 19 Va.App. 295, 298 , 452 S.E.2d 360, 362 (1994) (finding that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel is a fundamental right guaranteed to an accused by the Bill of Rights of the Virginia Constitution).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McNair v. Commonwealth

2. “Although we acknowledge the apparent dilemma created by an attorney's ethical obligation to zealously represent his or her client and the economic constraints on the time he or she can devote to a case, .we will not overturn a eriminal conviction merely because the dilemma exists where no actual conflict is shown to exist and no ineffective assistance of counsel is proven.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. LaFond v. Sweeney