What is the effect of disclosing parts of a suppressed confession to the jury in a murder trial?

The record shows trial counsel merely sought to maintain credibility with the jury. If the jury went "with" counsel, defendant might live. If the jury [45 Cal.3d 1098] went "against" counsel, defendant faced the very real possibility of receiving the death penalty. It was therefore a prudent, tactical choice to admit candidly to the jury that it could find defendant guilty of the lesser crimes but argue that the evidence supported verdicts of only manslaughter on the murder charges. We believe the course trial counsel selected provided defendant a reasonable chance to avoid the death penalty. That the plan failed does not render counsel ineffective. (See People v. Jackson (1980) 28 Cal.3d 264, 290-296, 168 Cal.Rptr. 603, 618 P.2d 149.)

3. Disclosing parts of the suppressed confession