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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Noguel.

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1 People v. Noguel Anchor
nyappdiv · 2012
green “it is well settled that defense counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to 'make a motion or argument that has little or no chance of success” 6
2 People v. Hudy
ny · 1988
red “logically be linked to any specific material issue in the case” 4
3 People v. Peterson
nyappdiv · 2004
green “pursuing parole-related objectives” 3
4 People v. DePonceau
nyappdiv · 2012
green “conducted the requisite searching inquiry to insure that defendant's request to proceed pro se was accompanied by a knowing, voluntary and intelligent waiver of the right to counsel” 3
5 People v. Anderson
nyappdiv · 2013
green “there was sufficient evidence at the suppression hearing to establish probable cause for the arrest independent of the confidential informant's statements” 3

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