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7 Tennessee opinions name it 2 courts 1998–2016 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Tennessee courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Burger v. Kempgreen2 sentences1999Burger v. Kemp, 483 U.S. 776, 795 , 107 S. Ct. 3114, 3126 (1987); see also Whitmore v. Lockhart, 8 F.3d 614, 621 (8th Cir. 1993). “[W]hen the facts that support a certain potential line of defense are generally known to counsel because of what the defendant has said, the need for further investigation may be considerably diminished or eliminated altogether. 1999Burger v. Kemp, 483 U.S. 776, 795 , 107 S. Ct. 3114, 3126 (1987); see also Whitmore v. Lockhart, 8 F.3d 614, 621 (8th Cir. 1993). “[W]hen the facts that support a certain potential line of defense are generally known to counsel because of what the defendant has said, the need for further investigation may be considerably diminished or eliminated altogether. | 1 | 1 |
Jonas H. Whitmore v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correctiongreen1 sentence1999Burger v. Kemp, 483 U.S. 776, 795 , 107 S. Ct. 3114, 3126 (1987); see also Whitmore v. Lockhart, 8 F.3d 614, 621 (8th Cir. 1993). “[W]hen the facts that support a certain potential line of defense are generally known to counsel because of what the defendant has said, the need for further investigation may be considerably diminished or eliminated altogether. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Strickland v. Washington
green
2 sentences2016However, “when the facts that support a certain potential line of defense are generally known to counsel because of what the defendant has said, the need for further investigation may be considerably diminished or eliminated altogether.” Strickland, 466 U.S. at 691 . 2014“The reasonableness of counsel’s actions may be determined or substantially influenced by the defendant’s own statements or actions!,]” and “what investigation decisions are reasonable depends critically on such information.” Id. “[W]hen the facts that support a certain potential line of defense are generally known to counsel because of what the defendant has said, the need for further investigation may be considerably diminished or eliminated altogether.” Id. | 7 | 1998–2016 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.