Is there any case law where counsel mischaracterized evidence in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perez, B284668 (Cal. App. 2019):
professional norms, and there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different. (People v. Bell (2019) 7 Cal.5th 70, 125-126; People v. Brown (2014) 59 Cal.4th 86, 109.)
e. The prosecutor did not mischaracterize the evidence
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