What is the test for determining whether counsel has failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for their performance?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Vela, B238228 (Cal. App. 2014):
explanation and failed to provide one, or there could be no satisfactory explanation for counsel's performance. [Citation.]" (People v. Castillo (1997) 16 Cal.4th 1009, 1015.) An appellate court "need not determine whether counsel's performance was deficient before examining the prejudice suffered by the defendant as a result of the alleged deficiencies." (Strickland v. Washington, supra, 466 U.S. at p. 697.)
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