Benefield v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that counsel’s failure to object to inadmissible hearsay evidence was an objectively reasonable trial strategy to not call additional attention to the evidence
• holding that where an appellant has failed to prove ineffective assistance of trial counsel, a finding of fundamental error on appeal is excluded
• holding “where an appellant has failed to prove ineffective assistance of trial counsel, our holding would exclude a finding of fundamental error”
• determining that counsel had strategic reason for decision not to object to evidence because objection may have been more damaging than evidence
• explaining that to demonstrate ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure to object, a petitioner must prove that an objection would have been sustained if made
• explaining that to demonstrate ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure to object, a petitioner must Court of Appeals of Indiana | Opinion 24A-PC-1025 | March 28, 2025 Page 35 of 38 prove that an objection would have been sustained if made

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Cited by

49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Massey v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-10-19· cited 47×
• John R. Myers II v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-05-28· cited 24×
• Christopher C. Norris v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-04-26· cited 17×
• Charles P. White v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2014-12-29· cited 15×
• Chad Thomas Burnell v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-09-14· cited 12×
• Robert E. Eastwood v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-12-04· cited 8×
• Michael Williams, Jr. v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-03-04· cited 6×
• Houston v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-11-18· cited 5×
• Cottingham v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-07-19· cited 2×
• Kenyatta Erkins and Ugbe Ojile v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-04-23· cited 2×
• Jason E. Morales v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-02-04
• Roland O. Ward v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-03-11
• Phil L. Honer v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-08-28
• Joseph Merriman, III v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-09-29
• James A. Lynn v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-09-29
• Quentin J. Abbott v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-10-07
• Brent D. Sharp v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-11-30
• Henry Lee Shell, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-12-09
• Shamir Chappell v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-01-19
• Raymond Lamont Hawkins v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-04-22