In what circumstances would a defense counsel have sought to discredit Crowder and other prosecution witnesses?

sought both in his cross-examination and in closing argument to discredit Crowder and the other prosecution witnesses. We cannot second guess defense counsel's strategy. While in hindsight he claimed that defendant would have testified, defendant's testimony would have been problematic as he had made pretrial incriminatory statements and had suffered a prior conviction involving gun use. Moreover, our review of the record persuades us that defendant was not prejudiced by his counsel's decision. In view of the eyewitness testimony that defendant was the shooter, it is not reasonably probable that defendant would have received a more favorable verdict. (Strickland v. Washington, supra, 466 U.S. at p. 694.)