People v. Goodin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defense counsel is “not required to make a meritless motion or a futile objection”
• holding that defense counsel is “not required to make a meritless motion or a futile objection”
• explaining that the term “flight” includes such actions as fleeing the scene of the crime
• explaining that “evidence of flight is admissible to support an inference of ‘consciousness of guilt’ ”
• explaining that “evidence of flight is admissible to support an inference of ‘consciousness of guilt’ ”
• stating that defense counsel is not ineffective for failing to make a meritless motion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).