Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Alger Ferguson and Alger Ferguson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
At issue is whether the defendant was entitled to a new trial when he and his trial counsel disagreed as to how to present his defense (suicide of the victim) to the charge of murder, resulting in the movant seeking to represent himself at the close of the Commonwealth's case-in-chief. Also whether the failure of trial counsel to conduct a reasonable investigation of the suicide defense and to retain an expert to support it denied the movant his right to effective assistance of counsel. Arguments heard on April, 12, 2019.
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