California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Maldonado, E054116 (Cal. App. 2012):
To secure the reversal of a conviction based on ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must show (1) his counsel's performance was deficient when measured against the standard of a reasonably competent attorney, and (2) counsel's deficient performance so undermined the proper functioning of the adversarial process that the trial cannot be relied on as having produced a just result. The appellate court must presume counsel's conduct fell within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance and accord great deference to counsel's tactical decisions. (People v. Lewis (2001) 25 Cal.4th 610, 674.)
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