How has the Court of Appeal in B.C considered trial counsel’s performance on the basis that the performance of the trial counsel did not undermine confidence in the verdict?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. Davies, 2008 ONCA 209 (CanLII):

R v. B. (L.C.) was ultimately decided on the basis that trial counsel’s performance did not undermine confidence in the verdict, rather than on trial fairness grounds.

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