California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Valdez, F074436 (Cal. App. 2019):
misconduct." (People v. Scott (1997) 15 Cal.4th 1188, 1218.) "Moreover, merely asking a question to which an objection is sustained does not itself show misconduct." (People v. Freeman (1994) 8 Cal.4th 450, 495.) "As we discern no misconduct on the merits, defendant's ineffective assistance claim fails." (People v. Thompson (2010) 49 Cal.4th 79, 121, fn. 14.)
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