Getting advice from your attorney to go to trial instead of accepting an offered plea bargain might be considered to be ineffective assistance. You can file a petition asking the appellate division to certify the case for transfer to the Court of Appeal.The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to the reasonably effective assistance of counsel in state criminal prosecutions. First, the defendant must demonstrate that counsel's performance was deficient. The Sixth Amendment "right to counsel is the right to the effective assistance of counsel. Effective counsel acting in the role of an advocate. The Sixth Amendment (1789-91). Provides, in a criminal case "the accused shall enjoy the right … to have the assistance of Counsel for his defense. The district court denied habeas relief following an evidentiary hearing on Jones's ineffective-assistance-of-sentencing-counsel claims. Convicted defendant's claim that counsel's assistance was so defective as to require reversal of a conviction . . .