· 7/18/2017
State v. F. Torres
Citations
- 2017 MT 177
- 388 Mont. 161
- 398 P.3d 279
- 2017 Mont. LEXIS 502
- 2017 WL 3034064
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that defendant’s “challenge to his convictions based solely on conflicts in the evidence, which the jury resolved against him, is meritless”
- holding that a claim of error was abandoned when the only legal authority cited by the appellant was the standard for considering the issue
- holding that a claim of error was abandoned when the only legal authority cited by the appellant was the standard for considering this issue
- holding that a claim of error was abandoned when the only legal authority cited by the appellant was the standard for considering the issue at hand
- trial counsel’s failure to make a meritless objection cannot be the basis for a claim of ineffective assistance
- “An attorney’s decision about which defense to present is a question of trial strategy, and more specifically, pursuit of an ‘all or nothing’ defense generally is a permissible trial strategy.” (citation modified)
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Judges: Rice, McGrath, McKinnon, Wheat, Shea
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