Can Counsel's failure to object be considered an extremely sound strategy?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Edwards, 12 Cal.App.3d 87, 90 Cal.Rptr. 475 (Cal. App. 1970):
We disagree. Counsel's failure to object may very well have been extremely sound strategy. (People v. Reeves, 64 Cal.2d 766, 772--774, 51 Cal.Rptr. 691, 415 P.2d 35.)
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