California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rankin, B252821 (Cal. App. 2015):
ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must demonstrate that counsel's representations fell below an objective standard of reasonableness, and but for counsel's errors there is a reasonable probability that the result of the proceeding would have been different. (Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 688, 694.) Since we have addressed the merits of all of defendant's arguments, no claim of ineffective assistance of counsel lies.
The judgment is affirmed.
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