California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Padilla, B222067 (Cal. App. 2011):
Appellant has forfeited this contention by failing to raise it in the trial court. (People v. Norman (2003) 109 Cal.App.4th 221, 229.) However, we will reach the
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merits in the interests of judicial economy to prevent the inevitable ineffectiveness of counsel claim. (People v. Em (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 954, 972, fn. 5.)
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