Defendant was not deprived of effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel opened the door during direct examination of defendant to questioning on the underlying fact of a prior conviction as to which the court had previously precluded inquiry in its Sandoval ruling (People v Hayes,
Once defense counsel's inquiry to defendant opened the door to the prosecutor, defendant was still under a...
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