Daugherty v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Not only is technical perfection of counsel not necessarily demanded by Constitutional standards, but we also know that the failure to object to evidence is often a matter of trial strategy, not a reflection of oversight or incompetence.”
• “Not only is technical perfection of counsel not necessarily demanded by Constitutional standards, but we also know that the failure to object to evidence is often a matter of trial strategy, not a reflection of oversight or incompetence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Passarella v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1994-07-28· cited 714×
• State v. McClintock
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1987-04-27· cited 162×
• State v. McCraw
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-06-06· cited 31×
• Monroe v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-04-28· cited 2×
• Brandon S. Massengill v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2015-11-17
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1976-02-13
• Ernest Butler v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2025-04-15
• State of Tennessee v. Tony Banks and Tyrone Banks
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2026-05-08

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• J. Paul Scott v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1964-10-12· cited 52×
• Lawson Edward Schaber v. E. L. Maxwell, Warden Ohio Penitentiary
  Sixth Circuit· 1965-07-14· cited 37×
• State Ex Rel. Leighton v. Henderson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1969-07-16· cited 36×
• Casone v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1952-02-09· cited 30×
• Harless v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1949-12-10· cited 20×
• Theodore W. Robinson v. Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1972-02-07· cited 5×