The Court of Appeal holds that defendant's attorney was constitutionally deficient for, among other things, not filing a brief for over a year and a half (despite numerous extensions), and on that basis reverses and remands. The Court also forwards its opinion to the State Bar. All of that makes sense when one reads the opinion.
But I wonder why the opinion -- presumably deliberately -- leaves out the name of defendant's attorney. It's definitely something I'd want to know. Particularly if I was a defendant who also had that lawyer represent me, or if I was thinking about retaining that lawyer currently.
An interesting omission.
