Does a defendant receive ineffective assistance of counsel where his retained attorney fails to appear on the first day of trial, and, after receiving misadvice regarding his sentencing exposure from a public defender previously assigned to the case, the defendant takes a guilty plea that results in a seventy-year term of incarceration?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does a defendant receive ineffective assistance of counsel where his retained attorney fails to appear on the first day of trial, and, after receiving misadvice regarding his sentencing exposure from a_ public defender previously assigned to the case, the defendant takes a guilty plea that results in a seventy-year term of incarceration? 2. Does a defendant receive ineffective assistance of counsel where a public defender advises him that he will receive a fifteen-year term of imprisonment if he pleads guilty but life imprisonment if he goes to trial, and, relying on that advice, the defendant enters a guilty plea that results in a sentence of seventy years of incarceration?