Thomas L. Ludwig v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that counsel is “not required to raise meritless arguments to avoid a charge of ineffective assistance of counsel”
• holding that “the failure to perfect a direct appeal, in derogation of a defendant’s actual request, is a per se violation of the Sixth Amendment”
• holding that counsel is “not required to raise meritless arguments to avoid a charge of ineffective assistance of counsel”
• finding that a “failure to perfect a direct appeal when requested by the defendant violates the Sixth Amendment without regard to the probability of success on appeal”
• holding failure to file direct appeal when specifically requested establishes prejudice
• holding counsel is “not required to raise meritless arguments”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).