Ries v. Quarterman

How courts have described this case

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

• “In order to show that counsel was deficient for failing to object under the first prong of [Washington], the objection must have merit.”
• “Counsel need not raise every nonfrivolous ground of appeal, but should instead present solid, meritorious arguments based on directly controlling precedent.” (quoting Schaetzle v. Cockrell, 343 F.3d 440, 445 (5th Cir. 2003))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).