People v. Tommolino

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• finding the defendant did not overcome the presumption that defense counsel’s advice to the defendant not to testify on his own behalf was sound trial strategy even where defense counsel “fail[ed] to present any defense.”
• a defendant must overcome the presumption that the challenged action might be considered sound trial strategy
• the defendant failed to demonstrate prejudice in the analogous context of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim where there was no evidence that purported alibi witnesses would have testified in favor of the defendant if defense counsel had secured the witnesses’ presence at trial
• the defendant failed to demonstrate prejudice in the analogous context of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim where there was no evidence that purported alibi witnesses would have testified in favor of the defendant if defense counsel had secured the witnesses’ presence at trial

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