State v. Robert R.
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The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction of one count of sexual assault in the first degree, holding that the trial court violated Defendant's Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel.
At issue on appeal was whether the trial court violated Defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel by precluding defense counsel from arguing during closing argument that the complainant, M., had planted physical evidence in an effort to prove her false allegations against Defendant. The Supreme Court agreed and reversed, holding that the trial court's limitation of the scope of defense counsel's closing argument deprived Defendant of his Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel.
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