California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Archuleta, H040641 (Cal. App. 2016):
As noted above, where the record does not demonstrate the reason counsel took certain action or failed to take certain action, an appellate court must reject the defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim "unless counsel was asked for and failed to provide a satisfactory explanation, or there simply can be no satisfactory explanation." (People v. Scott, supra, 15 Cal.4th at p. 1212.) Here, the record is devoid
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