Can defendants claim that counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to the challenged prosecutorial remarks?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Taylor, C062726, Super. Ct. No. 06F10601 (Cal. App. 2011):
Alternatively, defendants claim their counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to the challenged prosecutorial remarks. To succeed with this claim, however, defendants must have been prejudiced. (People v. Anderson (2001) 25 Cal.4th 543, 569.) Coupling the reasons we just noted with the evidence in this case, we find no prejudice.
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