In a habeas proceeding, in what circumstances will the court find a trial counsel deficient in failing to object to testimony that the petitioner had been convicted of murder?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Foster, F075093 (Cal. App. 2020):
In Crotts v. Smith (9th Cir. 1996) 73 F.3d 861, another habeas proceeding cited by appellant, the court found the petitioner's trial counsel's performance deficient where counsel failed to object to the prosecutor's adducing testimony that the petitioner told the witness he " 'had just done ten years for killing a policeman.' " (Id. at p. 864.) Crotts is
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