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· 8/3/1990

Jose Rosado Acha v. United States

Citations

  • 910 F.2d 28
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 13169
  • 1990 WL 108873

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “[t]rial counsel was under no obligation to raise meritless claims. Failure to do so does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.”
  • stating that “[t]rial counsel was under no obligation to raise meritless claims. Failure to do so does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.”
  • stating that “[t]rial counsel was under no obligation to raise meritless claims. Failure to do so does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel.”
  • noting that the First Circuit has not spoken on the issue
  • failing to raise meritless claims does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel
  • failing to raise meritless claims does not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel

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Judges: Torruella, Selya, Cyr

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