Can a defendant succeed on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Prado-Rodriguez, A152655 (Cal. App. 2019):
Because defendant was not prejudiced by counsel's failure to object to his LWOP sentence on Eighth Amendment grounds, he cannot succeed on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. (See Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 694.)
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