How have courts dealt with ineffective assistance claims against counsel who failed to request a limiting instruction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Housley, 6 Cal.App.4th 947, 8 Cal.Rptr.2d 431 (Cal. App. 1992):
5 Having determined this error was harmless, we need not address appellant's contention that his counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to request a limiting instruction, since appellant cannot show he was prejudiced by counsel's error. (People v. Ledesma (1987) 43 Cal.3d 171, 217, 233 Cal.Rptr. 404, 729 P.2d 839 [defendant must establish prejudice to obtain relief on an ineffective assistance claim].)
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