Does counsel's failure to request unsupported jury instructions amount to ineffective assistance of counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Morales, 2d Crim. No. B270228 (Cal. App. 2017):
Here counsel's alleged failure to request unsupported jury instructions does not amount to the ineffective assistance of counsel. (People v. Szadziewicz, supra, 161 Cal.App.4th 823, 836.) Moreover, counsel may have chosen to argue that the children fabricated the allegations or were unduly influenced by their friends or family to complain. We defer to counsel's tactical
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