How to establish whether a defendant suffered prejudice due to ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with a jury waiver?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sivongxxay, 219 Cal.Rptr.3d 265, 3 Cal.5th 151, 396 P.3d 424 (Cal. 2017):
A similar inquiry has also been endorsed for ascertaining whether a defendant suffered prejudice due to ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with a jury waiver. In State v. Keller (Iowa 2009) 760 N.W.2d 451, for example, the defendant's written jury waiver did not discuss any of
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