Opinion ID: 1119911
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 19

Heading: Findings Relating to the Investigation and Presentation of Evidence Relating to Petitioner's Age

Text: (2) While petitioner's habeas corpus counsel attempted to show that trial counsel did not adequately investigate the question of petitioner's age at the time of the 1979 murder, they offered no showing that a more thorough investigation would have uncovered favorable evidence. When there has been no showing of prejudice, we need not determine whether trial counsel's performance was deficient. ( Strickland v. Washington (1984) 466 U.S. 668, 697 [80 L.Ed.2d 674, 104 S.Ct. 2052]; In re Fields (1990) 51 Cal.3d 1063, 1079 [275 Cal. Rptr. 384, 800 P.2d 862].)