Johnson v. Thurmer

How courts have described this case

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• failing to raise a meritless claim on appeal is not ineffective assistance
• “[W]e do not second guess the reasonable tactical decisions of counsel in assessing whether his performance was deficient.”
• “Because [petitioner’s] appellate counsel claim is predicated on trial counsel’s errors, the two claims rise and fall together.”
• “[T]he decision not to have [the testimony] stricken was likely a sound tactical decision, designed to not draw attention to the very issue … counsel rightfully wished to bury.”
• “It is well established that our scrutiny of counsel’s trial strategy is to be deferential and that we do not second guess the reasonable tactical decisions of counsel in assessing whether his performance was deficient.”
• “It is well established that our scrutiny of counsel's trial strategy is to be deferential and that we do not second guess the reasonable tactical decisions of counsel in assessing whether his performance was deficient.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).