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3696 REVIEW DENIED An attorney representing a criminal defendant in a noncapital appeal owes the client no duty to make meritless appellate arguments suggested by the client or to contrive arguable issues, and the attorney's failure to do so can not result in malpractice liability; a former client suing an attorney for malpractice in the way the attorney handled the client's criminal defense is required to plead and prove that s/he was innocent and is required to first obtain exoneration by post conviction judicial proceedings.CitationREDANTE v YOCKELSON (Jailhouse Lawyer) 112 CA4 1351 [See: Coscia v McKenna & Cuneo 25 C4 1194, T/AT 6/00; In re Clark (1993) 5 C4 750; Miranda v Castro 292 F3 1063; Wiley v County 19 C4 532, T/AT 1/99; Lynch v Warwick 95 CA4 267, T/AT 2/02]
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