How have courts dealt with unprofessional errors by counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harris, F070236 (Cal. App. 2018):
affirmatively demonstrate a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. (People v. Maury (2003) 30 Cal.4th 342, 389.) Attorneys are not expected to engage in tactics or to file motions that are futile. (Id. at p. 419; also see People v. Mendoza (2000) 24 Cal.4th 130, 166.)
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