California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Smith v. Lewis, 118 Cal.Rptr. 621, 13 Cal.3d 349, 530 P.2d 589 (Cal. 1975):
5 In evaluating the competence of an attorney's services, we may justifiably consider his failure to consult familiar encyclopedias of the law. (People v. Ibarra (1963) 60 Cal.2d 460, 465, 34 Cal.Rptr. 863, 386 P.2d 487.)
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