Opinion ID: 2599854
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Heading: Attempted Reservation of Rights

Text: Defendant finally asserts that he incorporates herein all issues raised by motion, written or oral, during pretrial, post-trial hearings, or trial that are contained in the Reporter's and Clerk's Transcript as augmented. Defendant states he intends to preserve all issues previously raised for this appeal, the related habeas [corpus] action, and any other court actions pertaining to this case. To the extent he intends to incorporate by reference all documents presented to the trial court without now urging any legal issue based on those documents, the attempt fails. (See Soukup v. Law Offices of Herbert Hafif (2006) 39 Cal.4th 260, 294, fn. 20, 46 Cal.Rptr.3d 638, 139 P.3d 30 [improper to incorporate by reference documents from the trial court].) Moreover, subject to narrow exceptions (see In re Harris (1993) 5 Cal.4th 813, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 373, 855 P.2d 391), defendant's attempt to preserve unargued claims also fails. When [an] issue could have been, but was not, raised on appeal, the unjustified failure to present it on appeal generally precludes its consideration on habeas corpus. ( In re Sakarias (2005) 35 Cal.4th 140, 169, 25 Cal.Rptr.3d 265, 106 P.3d 931; In re Dixon (1953) 41 Cal.2d 756, 759, 264 P.2d 513.) Finally, the mere fact appellate counsel has not raised every possible or conceivable issue does not, as defendant argues, establish that appellate counsel is ineffective. ( In re Robbins (1998) 18 Cal.4th 770, 810, 77 Cal.Rptr.2d 153, 959 P.2d 311 [appellate counsel acts properly by presenting only the strongest claims instead of all conceivable claims].)