appellate counsel’s performance fell below prevailing norms where he abandoned a norifrivolous claim that was both “obvious” and “clearly stronger” than claim he actually presented
How later courts described this case
- appellate counsel’s performance fell below prevailing norms where he abandoned a norifrivolous claim that was both “obvious” and “clearly stronger” than claim he actually presented
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Case below, 721 F.3d 908 .
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.