California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lopez, F067244 (Cal. App. 2015):
obtained a more favorable result absent counsel's shortcomings." (People v. Kraft, supra, 23 Cal.4th at p. 1068.) "If the record on appeal fails to show why counsel acted or failed to act in the instance asserted to be ineffective, unless counsel was asked for an explanation and failed to provide one, or unless there simply could be no satisfactory explanation, the claim must be rejected on appeal." (Id. at pp. 1068-1069.)
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