California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Corder, B261370 (Cal. App. 2016):
and failed to provide one, or there could be no satisfactory explanation for counsel's performance. (People v. Mendoza Tello (1997) 15 Cal.4th 264, 266.)
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