· 8/26/1985
Donald Gene Boag v. Robert Raines
Citations
- 769 F.2d 1341
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 21942
How courts have described this case
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- holding that “[f]ailure to 13 raise a meritless argument does not constitute ineffective assistance”
- explaining that the “failure to raise a meritless argument does not constitute ineffective assistance”
- an attorney’s failure to make a meritless objection or motion does not 15 constitute ineffective assistance of counsel
- an attorney's failure to make a meritless 2 objection or motion does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel
- failure to raise meritless argument on 7 appeal does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel
- an 12 attorney’s failure to make a meritless objection or motion does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel
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Judges: Skopil, Fletcher, McNichols
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