California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lyons, H038698 (Cal. App. 2013):
In assessing whether there was prejudice, there must be a reasonable probability that the result would have been different in the absence of counsel's deficient performance. (People v. Lucas (1995) 12 Cal.4th 415, 436.)
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