California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Floyd, C088912 (Cal. App. 2020):
"A claim on appeal of ineffective assistance of counsel must be rejected ' "[if] the record on appeal sheds no light on why counsel acted or failed to act in the manner challenged[,] . . . unless counsel was asked for an explanation and failed to provide one, or unless there simply could be no satisfactory explanation." ' [Citations.]" (People v. Hinds (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 897, 901.)
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