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Carpenter v. State

Citations

  • 126 S.W.3d 879
  • 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 24
  • 2004 WL 51818

How courts have described this case

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

  • “When an omitted issue is without merit, the petitioner cannot prevail on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.”
  • “[U]nless the omitted issue has some merit, the petitioner suffers no prejudice from appellate counsel’s failure to raise the issue on appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Justice Janice M. Holder

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Cites

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