Does a defense counsel provide ineffective assistance by failing to seek to exclude statements on that ground?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Michel, D075390 (Cal. App. 2019):
and, therefore, defense counsel did not provide ineffective assistance by failing to seek to exclude such statements on that ground. (People v. Bradley (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 64, 90 [failure to make a meritless objection is not ineffective assistance].)
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