California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Robinson, G051906 (Cal. App. 2017):
nowhere, defense counsel ably responded to them in his own closing argument. The "failure to object is a matter of trial tactics as to which we will not exercise judicial hindsight." (People v. Kelly (1992) 1 Cal.4th 495, 520.) "A reviewing court will not second-guess trial counsel's reasonable tactical decisions." (Ibid.) Moreover, defendant concedes the court "gave technically correct instructions," and thus there is no reason to believe the jury was misled. Since we find no objection was necessary, defendant's ineffective assistance claim fails.
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