Linda Anne Dunavant v. State of Tennessee
Syllabus
Petitioner, Linda Anne Dunavant, appeals the denial of her post-conviction petition alleging that the post-conviction court erred in finding that she received the effective assistance of counsel at trial. Following our review of the entire record and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “unexpressed intent of one of the parties cannot control the legal effect of what was done”
- “Where, as here, the releases were absolute and unequivocal in their terms, they cannot be explained by parol evidence and must be construed according to the language the parties have seen fit to use.”
- “It is a canon of construction that every word and phrase of an instrument is if possible to be given meaning, and none is to be rejected as surplusage if any other course is rationally possible” [citation omitted]
- general release including specific release of claims stemming from particular act
- any intended exception should have been \expressly\ stated
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Judges: Judge Jill Bartee Ayers
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