Does the failure to object constitute ineffective assistance to counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Henry, B226460 (Cal. App. 2011):
3. The failure to object does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel. (People v. Mitchell, supra, 164 Cal.App.4th at p. 467["'[T]he mere failure to object rarely rises to a level implicating one's constitutional right to effective legal counsel'"].)
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