You need to tell the court that your public defender has not talked to you and ask the court to relieve the PD's office and appoint other counsel. OF SENTENCE – MARYLAND RULE 4-345(e) – REMAND – MARYLAND RULE.If your son believes that his PD is ineffective then he can bring the matter to the Court's attention and the the Judge will have to conduct a Nelson Hearing. Ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) claims are commonly asserted in post-conviction motions for appropriate relief. For a guilty verdict in a criminal trial. The Court of Appeals held that counsel's representation, when viewed as a whole, did not constitute ineffective assistance. There is no mention of ineffective assistance of trial counsel in this motion. Ineffective assistance of counsel, because Petitioner's trial counsel acted within the bounds of acceptable professional conduct. His competency to stand trial constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. After a hearing, the post-conviction court determined that Petitioner had failed to establish that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial.