Wainwright v. Torna, No. 81-362 (U.S. Supreme Court) (455 U.S. 586; 102 S.Ct. 1300) (March 22, 1982) (Per Curiam)
In this case, the majority held that because the respondent in this case had no constitutional right to counsel (predicated on its holding in Ross v. Moffitt, 417 U.S. 600 (1974), his lawyer's failure to file a timely appeal did not violate his right to effective assistance of counsel.
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