Does the failure to object at trial of a charge of false imprisonment constitute incompetence of trial counsel?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Coddington, 2 P.3d 1081, 23 Cal.4th 529, 97 Cal.Rptr.2d 528 (Cal. 2000):
Again, appellant waived these claims by failing to object and, again, the failure to do so does not reflect incompetence of trial counsel. Objections would have been meritless. The prosecutor's reference to appellant as a "liar" was not improper. It was a reasonable inference based on the evidence. (People v. Earp (1999) 20 Cal.4th 826, 862-863, 85 Cal.Rptr.2d 857, 978 P.2d 15.)
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