California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Luna, H040191 (Cal. App. 2015):
Defendant has failed to satisfy his burden to show that his trial counsel's performance was deficient. The "record contains no explanation for the challenged behavior" and counsel was not " 'asked for an explanation and failed to provide one.' " (People v. Kipp (1998) 18 Cal.4th 349, 367.) We must therefore reject defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.
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