Is there any case law in which counsel has been found to have acted in a reasonable manner or otherwise?
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The following excerpt is from Casillas v. Sec'y of Corr., No. 1:17-cv-00511-LJO-SKO (HC) (E.D. Cal. 2019):
sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome of the trial. Id. The relevant inquiry is not what counsel could have done; rather, it is whether the choices made by counsel were reasonable. Babbitt v. Calderon, 151 F.3d 1170, 1173 (9th Cir. 1998).
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