California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Ruiz, F057526, No. VCF209929B (Cal. App. 2010):
Appellant now contends that the court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial. The contention fails because appellant made no motion for a mistrial. The motion was made by the other two defendants. Appellant asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to join in the motion, but, aside from the merits of the motion, an obvious possible tactical reason appears why trial counsel would not do so (People v. Frye, supra,
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