California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Markle, C078327 (Cal. App. 2017):
To establish a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, defendants must prove that (1) trial counsel's representation was deficient because it fell below an objective standard of reasonableness under prevailing professional norms, and (2) the deficiency resulted in prejudice to defendant, meaning there is "a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's deficient performance, the outcome of the proceeding would have been different." (People v. Mai (2013) 57 Cal.4th 986, 1009 (Mai).) If defendant makes an
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