Questão jurídica principal
Whether appointed counsel's handling of the second interview of child B. amounted to a manifest deficiency violating the right to a fair trial.
Decisão extraída
No. Counsel's position could be understood as a strategic choice, and no manifest failure requiring judicial intervention was shown.
Fundamentação extraída
The second interview was irregular as conducted, but counsel did not show surprise or incapacity, and without requesting a supplementary, defence-compliant hearing he was not plainly deficient. The court would not treat this as rendering the trial unfair.