People v. Starkweather

How courts have described this case

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• “Standing alone, competent advice by counsel, albeit stated in strong language, does not constitute coercion.”
• “It is defense counsel’s duty to discuss the case — including its probable outcome — in complete candor with a defendant.”
• when a defendant does not directly appeal their conviction and sentence, the conviction and sentence become “final,” for retroactivity purposes, when the time for filing a direct appeal expires
• the limited statutory right to postconviction counsel didn ’ t entitle the defendant to the appointment of new counsel following the public defender’s determination that the defendant’s pro se petition lacked merit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).