United States v. Nigel Winfield, Nigel Winfield v. United States of America, Nigel Winfield v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• rejecting ineffective assistance argument because “a lawyer’s failure to preserve a meritless issue plainly cannot prejudice a client’
• rejecting ineffective assistance argument because “a lawyer’s failure to preserve a meritless issue plainly cannot prejudice a client”
• “[A] lawyer’s failure to preserve a meritless issue plainly cannot prejudice a client.” (alteration added; footnote call number omitted; citing Strickland, 466 U.S. at 692–93)
• “[A] lawyer’s failure to preserve a meritless issue plainly cannot prejudice a client.”
• “[A] lawyer’s failure to preserve a meritless issue plainly cannot prejudice a client.”
• “[A] lawyer’s failure to preserve a meritless issue plainly cannot prejudice a client.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).