California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mitchell, B268501 (Cal. App. 2018):
simply could be no satisfactory explanation, the claim must be rejected on appeal. [Citations.]"' [Citations.] The merits of such claims are more appropriately resolved, not on the basis of the appellate record, but rather by way of a petition for writ of habeas corpus." (People v. Johnson (2016) 62 Cal.4th 600, 653.)
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