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Can gang members establish ineffective assistance despite overwhelming evidence of guilt?

Gang members cannot establish ineffective assistance despite alleged counsel errors when overwhelming evidence supports party liability convictions for felony murder.

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Can defendants show prejudice from jury instruction errors in postconviction cases?

This case clarifies that when an appellate court decision is reversed on a predicate procedural ground, any merit-based rulings dependent on that ground are necessarily vacated and lose precedential effect.

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