Does a defendant have a claim that counsel improperly failed to call certain defense witnesses?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The People v. Roger Allen Bruce Ii, B222592, No. VA109645 (Cal. App. 2010):

Defendant also argues his defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance. Apart from merely asserting his counsel "did not do a good job," defendant specifically asserts counsel improperly failed to call certain defense witnesses, and "did not care about me or this case." However, the record on appeal is simply insufficient to overcome the presumption defense counsel performed effectively, and his actions were a matter of sound trial strategy.3 (Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 686, 689-690 [104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674]; People v. Prieto (2003) 30 Cal.4th 226, 261.)

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