Can a defense counsel be found to have performed below an objective standard of reasonableness?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Yslas, F066892 (Cal. App. 2015):
For the reasons explained above, defense counsel cannot be said to have performed below an objective standard of reasonableness. (Strickland v. Washington, supra, 466 U.S. at p. 687.) Moreover, based on the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt on this record (discussed, ante), we conclude he has failed to demonstrate a reasonable probability that, even assuming defense counsel erred, the result of the proceeding would have been different absent such error.
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