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· 11/19/2008

Johnson v. Tennis

Citations

  • 549 F.3d 296
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 23849
  • 2008 WL 4925053

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting \the notion that Lee v. Illinois expanded the Bruton doctrine to encompass bench trials\ (citation omitted)
  • counsel will not be found ineffective for failing to present an unmeritorious claim or objection
  • “Counsel cannot be found ineffective for failing to bring meritless motions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Sloviter, Fuentes, Aldisert

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