Ledbetter v. Commissioner of Correction

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• \numerous state and federal courts have concluded that counsel's failure to advance novel legal theories or arguments does not constitute ineffective performance\ and citing cases
• \[C]ounsel's failure to advance novel legal theories or arguments does not constitute ineffective performance.... Nor is counsel required to change then-existing law to provide effective representation.\ [Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.]
• “[Counsel’s failure to advance novel legal theories or arguments does not constitute ineffective performance. . . . Nor is counsel required to change then-existing law to provide effective representation.” [Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.]
• counsel ‘‘performs effectively when he elects to maneuver within the existing law’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• ‘‘numerous state and federal courts have concluded that counsel’s failure to advance novel legal theories or arguments does not constitute ineffec- tive performance’’ and citing cases
• ‘‘[C]ounsel’s failure to advance novel legal theories or arguments does not constitute ineffective performance. . . . Nor is counsel required to change then-existing law to provide effective representation.’’ [Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).