Is there a "rare" case where the merits of a mistrial motion were so clear that counsel's failure to make the motion would amount to ineffective assistance?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from The PEOPLE V. URRUTIA., No. G041975, No. RIF006299 (Cal. App. 2010):

This is not one of those "rare" cases where "the merits of a mistrial motion: is "so clear that counsel's failure to make the motion would amount to ineffective assistance." (People v. Haskett (1982) 30 Cal.3d 841, 854-855.)

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