California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Abbott, B258086 (Cal. App. 2015):
As involuntary manslaughter instructions were factually and legally unsupported, counsel did not render ineffective assistance by not requesting them. (See People v. Szadziewicz (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 823, 836.)
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