California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rhoades, B285932, B293250 (Cal. App. 2019):
In assessing claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, an appellate court "'indulge[s] in a presumption that counsel's performance fell within the wide range of professional competence and that counsel's actions and inactions can be explained as a matter of sound trial strategy.'" (People v. Gamache (2010) 48 Cal.4th 347, 391.) "'Defendant thus bears the burden of establishing constitutionally inadequate assistance of counsel.'" (Ibid.) "'If the record on appeal sheds no light on why counsel acted
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