Supreme Court· 7/5/1983

Jones v. Barnes

Citations

463 U.S. 745
103 S. Ct. 3308
77 L. Ed. 2d 987
1983 U.S. LEXIS 105
51 U.S.L.W. 5151

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holding that defense counsel assigned to prosecute appeal from criminal conviction does not have constitutional duty to raise every nonfrivolous issue requested by defendant
holding that there is no requirement for appointed counsel to raise every colorable claim on appeal
holding that appellate attorneys need not bring up every issue his/her client requests and that appellate attorneys should winnow out weaker arguments
holding that a defendant has no constitutional right to have appellate counsel raise every nonfrivolous issue the defendant requests
holding that appellate counsel does not have an obligation to raise every nonfrivolous argument
holding that there is no “constitutional right to compel appointed counsel to press 17 nonfrivolous points requested by the client, if counsel, as a matter of professional judgment, 18 decides not to present those points”

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Judges: Burger, Blackmun, Brennan

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