Mency v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding instruction was “appropriate statement of relevant law” in child molestation case when considered with instructions on burden of proof
• holding asymmetrical noncorroboration instruction “was an appropriate statement of relevant law” when coupled with instructions regarding the burden of proof
• trial counsel’s explanation that he did not object to the prosecutor’s closing argument because he did not think an objection would be sustained and he did not want to magnify it reflected reasonable trial strategy and did not equate with ineffective assistance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).