John Louis Rodriguez v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that counsel’s failure to advance a meritless argument cannot constitute ineffective assistance
• holding there can be no deficient performance for failure to make a meritless motion
• holding “counsel’s failure to advance a meritless argument cannot constitute ineffective assistance”
• holding “counsel’s failure to advance a meritless argument cannot constitute ineffective assistance”
• holding “counsel’s failure to advance a meritless argument cannot constitute ineffective assistance”
• “[C]ounsel’s failure to advance a meritless argument cannot constitute ineffective assistance’

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