Trial counsel's tactical decisions about DNA evidence strategy, cross-examination approach, and advice on the election to give evidence will not constitute a miscarriage of justice where there is a reasonable explanation for the conduct, even where the accused is a vulnerable juvenile. A Pemble direction on self-defence is required where the evidence raises the possibility of self-defence, even though defence counsel pursues the primary case that the accused did not inflict the blow.
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