California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Leonard, C078282 (Cal. App. 2018):
To establish relief from ineffective assistance of counsel, defendant must show (1) trial counsel failed to act in the manner to be expected of reasonably competent attorneys acting as diligent advocates and (2) it is reasonably probable a more favorable determination would have resulted in the absence of counsel's failings. (Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 688,694 [80 L.Ed.2d 674, 694, 698].) Defendant has not satisfied either prong of this test.
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