Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 5/30/1997

Thompson v. State

Citations

958 S.W.2d 156
1997 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 522
1997 WL 284579

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“raising the issue of ineffective assistance on direct appeal is a ‘practice fraught with peril.’”
reviewing the failure to object to the State’s argument that the defendant had offered no defense to the crime
reviewing the failure to object to the state’s argument that the defendant had offered no defense to the crime
first citing State v. Oody, 823 S.W.2d 554, 559 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991); and then citing State v. Draper, 800 S.W.2d 489, 493 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1990)
“Ineffective assistance of counsel is generally ‘a single ground for relief’ under the post-conviction statute.” (citing Cone v. State, 927 S.W.2d 579, 581-82 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995))
first citing State v. Oody, 823 S.W.2d 554, 559 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991); and then citing State v. Draper, 800 S.W.2d 489, 493 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1990)

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Judges: Wade, Tipton, Barker

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