Does a defense counsel's failure to object to a prosecutor's reasonableness comments necessarily constitute ineffective assistance of counsel?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Harris, A157427 (Cal. App. 2020):

4. In light of this conclusion, defense counsel's failure to object to the prosecutor's reasonableness comments necessarily did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel. (See Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 688, 694 [to prove ineffective assistance of counsel, a defendant must show that "counsel's representation fell below an objective standard of reasonableness . . . [] . . . under prevailing professional norms" and must affirmatively establish prejudice by showing "that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different"].)

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