Zink v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that prosecutors may discuss the concept of mercy because “mercy is a valid sentencing consideration”
• holding that trial counsel is not ineffective for failing to make a nonmeritorious objection
• holding that trial counsel is not ineffective for failing to make a nonmeritorious objection
• noting that when “personality disorders do not affect cognitive abilities, their mitigating value is doubtful”
• recognizing the “near-complete deference” afforded to trial counsel’s decisions that are “strategic in nature”
• noting counsel’s strategic trial decisions only may serve as a basis for ineffective assistance of counsel 9 if they are unreasonable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).