Can a defendant establish ineffective assistance of counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Henriquez, E052987 (Cal. App. 2012):
Any prosecutorial error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendant cannot establish ineffective assistance of counsel. (People v. Majors (1998) 18 Cal.4th 385, 403.)
We hold there was no instructional or prosecutorial error or ineffective assistance of counsel.
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