California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Silva, B239340 (Cal. App. 2013):
As to the related claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, we "need not determine whether counsel's performance was deficient before examining the prejudice suffered by the defendant as a result of the alleged deficiencies." (Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 697.)
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