What is the burden of establishing that counsel provided inadequate assistance to a defendant?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Villaneda, B268868 (Cal. App. 2017):
As explained in People v. Carter (2005) 36 Cal.4th 1114 and legion other cases, it is defendant's burden to establish he received constitutionally inadequate assistance of counsel. (Id. at p. 1189.) If the appellate record "'sheds no light on why counsel
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