How to treat a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Aleksanyan, No. BR 050943 (Cal. Super. 2014):
"'defer to counsel's reasonable tactical decisions in examining a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel [citation], and there is a "strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance."' [Citations.]" (People v. Jones (2003) 29 Cal.4th 1229, 1254.)
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