Panel:  Counsel’s Failure To Raise Youth Factors Argument Was Not Ineffective

(November 14, 2019, 10:37 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A trial attorney’s failure to raise the youth factors argument in two U.S. Supreme Court rulings and one California Supreme Court case following a man’s conviction on two counts of insurance fraud did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel, a California appeals panel ruled Nov. 13, finding that the contents of the presentence report prepared by the prosecution showed the defendant’s history of failing to comply with probation and post-sentence requirements (People v. Lamont James, Nos. A155627, A157772, Calif. App., 1st Dist., 2nd Div., 2019 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 7507)....