Simmons v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “A defendant is not guaranteed errorless counsel or counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel likely t_o render and rendering reasonably eH`ective assistance.” (citations omitted)
• “The mere fact that appellate counsel disagrees with the strategy and tactics employed by a veteran defense lawyer does not result in ineffective assistance by that counsel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Leonard v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-01-22· cited 168×
• Commonwealth v. Judge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-21· cited 122×
• Parrish v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-09-18· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. York
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-02-26· cited 7×
• Bratcher v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2012-11-02· cited 7×
• Skaggs v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-01-22· cited 6×
• Morningstar v. Haney
  E.D. Kentucky· 2008-07-21· cited 1×