In this ineffective assistance of counsel claim, the trial court correctly refused to allow the testimony of the defendant’s proposed expert on criminal defense practice, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

In a recent opinion, the Michigan Supreme Court in People v Trakhtenberg, addressed a very narrow issue - the use of collateral estoppel by the prosecution to prevent a criminal defendant from challenging his trial counsel’s effectiveness.

When I attended oral argument the other day in People v Trakhtenberg (SCT Docket 143386), it was interesting to listen to the court's questions