# People v. Brewer

> Michigan Court of Appeals · March 6, 1979 · 88 Mich. App. 756

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9850298

## Case

- **Full name:** People v. Brewer
- **Court:** Michigan Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** March 6, 1979
- **Citations:** 88 Mich. App. 756; 279 N.W.2d 307; 1979 Mich. App. LEXIS 2030
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Cynar
- **Judges:** Holbrook, Cynar
- **Cited by:** 18 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that in ineffective assistance of counsel context, “the failure of an attorney to remit his state bar dues is strong evidence that such attorney is no longer sufficiently interested in the practice of law to adequately defend his client’s interests”
- recognizing that “the failure of an attorney to remit his state bar dues is strong evidence that such attorney is no longer sufficiently interested in the practice of law to adequately defend his client’s interests”

## Opinion text

Cynar, J.
(concurring in part, dissenting in part). I agree with the majority’s conclusion that the failure of defendant’s attorney to pay his bar dues does not make out a per se case of ineffective assistance of counsel.
However, I see no need for a remand in this case. My review of the trial record indicates that counsel did a fine job of representing defendant at *763 trial. He objected to evidence, cross-examined witnesses and did a capable job of presenting an intoxication defense. Not surprisingly, on appeal, defendant is unable to point to any specific conduct constituting ineffective assistance of counsel.
Under these circumstances I believe a remand is unnecessary. No violation of the standard set forth in. People v Garcia, 398 Mich 250 ; 247 NW2d 547 (1976), occurred here. Therefore, I would affirm.

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