Edward Smith, Jr. v. Steve W. Puckett, Superintendent of Mississippi State Penitentiary, Etc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Counsel is not deficient for, and prejudice does not issue from, failure to raise a legally meritless claim.”
• “Counsel is not deficient for, and prejudice does not arise from, failure to raise a legally meritless claim.”
• “Counsel is not deficient for, and prejudice does not issue from, failure to raise a legally meritless claim.”
• “Counsel is not deficient for, and prejudice does not issue from, failure to raise a legally meritless claim.”
• “Counsel is not deficient for, and prejudice does not issue from, failure to raise a legally meritless claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).