In re Anderson
Petitioner William French Anderson was the appellant in People v. Anderson (2012) 208 Cal.App.4th 851, which affirmed the judgment entered following his conviction by jury of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 years and three counts of lewd act with a child under the age of 14 years. (Pen. Code, §§ 288.5, 288, subd. (a).) In addition to the appeal from the judgment, Anderson filed this writ petition to raise ineffective assistance of counsel issues. After ordering the petition and the appeal to be considered concurrently, we severed the matters to prevent further delay of the appeal. We now consider Anderson’s claim counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to challenge the admissibility of a secretly recorded conversation in which the victim confronted Anderson and requested an apology for his years of abuse. We issued an order to show cause. Upon review of the evidence in the record and before us by declaration, we conclude an evidentiary hearing is unnecessary, deny the petition and discharge the order to show cause.
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