What is the test for a "reasonable probability" that counsel's failings would have affected the outcome of a trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sornoso, E069349 (Cal. App. 2018):
the defendant, i.e., there is a "reasonable probability" that, but for counsel's failings, defendant would have obtained a more favorable result. (Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 687, 694.)
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