Richard Chalk v. Robert L. Kuhlmann, Superintendent of Sullivan Correctional Facility

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• holding that even if counsel’s performance fell below minimum standards, this did not constitute a deprivation of the constitutional right to counsel, because the petitioner had no constitutional right to counsel for the filing of the application at issue
• noting that the application for leave to file an appeal to the state’s highest court is not a part of the direct appeal to the intermediate court but is the first step of the subsequent discretionary appeal
• \Whether the appeal will be heard in the Court of Appeals is a discretionary decision.\
• \Whether the appeal will be heard in the Court of Appeals is a discretionary decision.\

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