Crimes of Moral Turpitude



 
 

§ 10.10 (F)

 
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(F)

Ineffective assistance of counsel, for any reason that calls the outcome of the case into question.[126]


[126] Darden v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 168 (1986); Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984); see In re Alvernaz, 2 Cal.4th 924 (1992) (ineffective assistance of counsel for mistaken advice in rejecting plea and going to trial); Lord v. Wood, 184 F.3d 1083 (9th Cir. 1999) (failure to interview witnesses); Hart v. Gomez, 174 F.3d 1067 (9th Cir. 1999) (same); Delgado v. Lewis, 223 F.3d 976 (9th Cir. 2000) (finding “constructive withdrawal from [] representation” where counsel was absent from virtually every important court proceeding, including sentencing, and failed to raise requested issues on appeal).

 

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