California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Silliman v. Municipal Court of Monterey Peninsula Judicial Dist., 140 Cal.App.3d 19, 189 Cal.Rptr. 318 (Cal. App. 1983):
We deem it not to be irrational for "a reasonably competent attorney acting as a diligent conscientious advocate" (see People v. Pope, supra, at p. 424, 152 Cal.Rptr. 732, 590 P.2d 859), to argue that he should be permitted, by calling witnesses such as the judge of this case, to inquire as to matters possibly invalidating a search warrant upon whose validity his client's prosecution depends.
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