California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cornejo, 202 Cal.Rptr.3d 804, 247 Cal.App.4th 807 (Cal. App. 2016):
A criminal defendant has the right to the assistance of counsel under both the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 15, of the California Constitution. (People v. Ledesma (1987) 43 Cal.3d 171, 215, 233 Cal.Rptr. 404, 729 P.2d 839.) This right entitles the defendant not to some bare assistance but rather to effective assistance. [Citations.] Specifically, it entitles him [or her] to the reasonably competent
[247 Cal.App.4th 834]
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