California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Harris, A157427 (Cal. App. 2020):
4. In light of this conclusion, defense counsel's failure to object to the prosecutor's reasonableness comments necessarily did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel. (See Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 688, 694 [to prove ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must show that "counsel's representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness . . . [] . . . under prevailing professional norms" and must affirmatively establish prejudice by showing "that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different"].)
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