Is ineffective assistance of counsel ineffective on appeal?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Topps, B267272 (Cal. App. 2017):

should not speculate as to counsel's reasons. . . . Because the appellate record ordinarily does not show the reasons for defense counsel's actions or omissions, a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel should generally be made in a petition for writ of habeas corpus, not on appeal.' [Citation.]" (People v. Lucero (2000) 23 Cal.4th 692, 728-729.) Claims of ineffective assistance of counsel should not be raised on direct appeal "except in those rare instances where there is no conceivable tactical purpose for counsel's actions." (People v. Lopez (2008) 42 Cal.4th 960, 972.) "'[D]eciding whether to object is inherently tactical, and the failure to object will rarely establish ineffective assistance.' [Citation.]" (Ibid.)

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