Does counsel render ineffective assistance by not requesting the instructions in an involuntary manslaughter case?

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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