Peter James Schwander v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary and William J. Custe, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Louisiana

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• holding that “brevity of consultation time between a defendant and his counsel, alone, cannot support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.”
• explaining that petitioner was not denied a meaningful appeal where the omitted portions of the trial transcript were immaterial to the error alleged on direct appeal
• explaining that petitioner was not denied a meaningful appeal where the omitted portions of the trial transcript were 7 immaterial to the error alleged on direct appeal
• meeting with defendant once, for 15 minutes, before trial was not constitutionally deficient because defendant had one and a half days during trial to confer with counsel
• omissions in trial transcript did not deny defendant meaningful appeal because they did not concern the issues on appeal, and defendant failed to allege any specific prejudice

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