Does ineffective assistance of counsel constitute ineffective representation of counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Renteria, B217872, No. BA347052 (Cal. App. 2010):
did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel. It cannot be said either that he failed to perform in a manner to be expected of reasonably competent attorneys, or that the result of the proceeding would have been different in the absence of his purported failing. (Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 687-688.)
The judgment is affirmed.
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