Pondexter v. Quarterman

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[m]eritless claims or claims that are not prejudicial cannot be cumulated, regardless of the total number raised”
• holding that “[m]eritless claims or claims that are not prejudicial cannot be cumulated, regardless of the total number raised”
• holding that overwhelming evidence of guilt precluded appellant from establishing the prejudice necessary to prevail on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim
• holding that overwhelming evidence of guilt precluded appellant from establishing the prejudice necessary to prevail on his ineffective assistance of counsel claim
• finding that an IATC claim may be rejected for want of either deficient performance or prejudice, and thus the absence of either prong of the Strickland analysis is dispositive
• finding that an IATC claim may be rejected for want of either deficient performance or prejudice, and thus the absence of either prong of the Strickland analysis is dispositive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).