The prosecution of a Sudbury man accused of murdering his wife three years ago has gotten a little more complicated.

Hatinder Sharma, 37, was scheduled to appear in Sudbury court last week to argue why he should be allowed to withdraw his plea to second-degree murder for killing his wife, Kanika Arora.

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That hearing, however, didn’t happen. That’s because Sharma’s new lawyer – Uma Kancharla – is considering filing an ineffective assistance of counsel application.

An ineffective assistance of counsel application in Ontario courts is a legal argument alleging that a lawyer’s representation was so poor that it led to a miscarriage of justice . To succeed, the applicant must prove that their trial lawyer’s conduct was incompetent and that this incompetence resulte

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