However, "[d]efense counsel has no obligation to raise every issue argued by the defendant or to raise frivolous issues on appeal." Neeley v. United States, 2008 WL 2558013 (E.D. Tenn. June 23, 2008). No decision of the United States Supreme Court
However, "[d]efense counsel has no obligation to raise every issue argued by the defendant or to raise frivolous issues on appeal." Neeley v. United States, 2008 WL 2558013 (E.D. Tenn. June 23, 2008). No decision of the United States Supreme Court
However, "[d]efense counsel has no obligation to raise every issue argued by the defendant or to raise frivolous issues on appeal." Neeley v. United States, 2008 WL 2558013 (E.D. Tenn. June 23, 2008). No decision of the United States Supreme Court
As such, the Petite policy "`confers no rights upon the accused.'" Id. (quoting United States v. Frederick, 583 F.2d 273, 274 (6th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 860 (1979)); Neeley v. U.S., Nos. 2:05-CV-311, 2:03-CR-33, 2008 WL 2558013, at *7 (E.D. Tenn. June 23, 2008) (holding that courts "have uniformly held that a criminal defendant cannot invoke the Petite policy as a bar to a federal prosecution") (collecting cases). Only the Government has standing to assert the Petite policy when seeking that an indictment be dismissed.