Does a defense counsel's actions or failure to take certain actions were objectively unreasonable?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Balden, F071445 (Cal. App. 2017):
whether counsel's actions or failure to take certain actions were objectively unreasonable." (People v. Mickel (2016) 2 Cal.5th 181, 198.) Nonetheless, we conclude this is the rare case in which there simply could be no satisfactory explanation for defense counsel's failure to act.
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