Does a defense counsel provide ineffective assistance by failing to object to an instruction given by counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Delgado, No. E049128, No. SWF025842 (Cal. App. 2011):
Because we have determined that the instruction given was not erroneous, it necessarily follows that defense counsel did not provide ineffective assistance by failing to object to that instruction. (See, e.g., People v. Szadziewicz (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 823, 836.)
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