Michigan Supreme Court· 4/23/2003

People v. Riley

Citations

659 N.W.2d 611
468 Mich. 135

How courts have described this case

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

stating that when there has been no hearing below, the appellate court’s review is limited to mistakes that are apparent on the record
stating that a defense lawyer is not ineffective for failing to make a frivolous or meritless motion
noting that a trial lawyer is not ineffective for failing to make a meritless motion
stating that a claim of “[i]neffective assistance of counsel cannot be predicated on the failure to make a frivolous or meritless motion”
stating that a claim of “[i]neffective assistance of counsel cannot be predicated on the failure to make a frivolous or meritless motion”
explaining that “[i]neffective assistance of counsel cannot be predicated on the failure to make a frivolous or meritless motion”

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Judges: Corrigan, Cavanagh, Weaver, Kelly, Taylor, Young, Markman

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Cites

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