Smid v. New Jersey Highway Authority

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]rial counsel cannot be deficient for failing to file a meritless motion . . . .”
• “a trial court has broad discretion in 9 balancing the probative and prejudicial nature of crime scene photographs”
• “[T]rial counsel cannot be deficient for failing to file a meritless motion[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).