Timothy Alan Dunlap v. State

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• holding appellate counsel’s failure to raise claim on appeal may constitute deficient performance when omitted claim was clearly stronger than the claim(s) presented
• holding appellate counsel who files merits brief should not raise every non- frivolous claim, but rather select from among them in order to maximize likelihood of success on 8 appeal
• “An application for post-conviction relief must present or be accompanied by admissible evidence supporting its allegations, or the application is subject to dismissal.”
• “We use the same test to evaluate ineffective assistance of appellate counsel on direct appeal as we use to evaluate ineffective assistance of trial counsel.”
• “Because we conclude Dunlap’s substantive claims were not pursued in a timely manner, we will address the merits of these claims in the second part of this opinion, where we consider the corresponding claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.”
• “Because we conclude Dunlap’s substantive claims were not pursued in a timely manner, we will address the merits of these claims in the second part of this opinion, where we consider the corresponding claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.”

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