Topic: not entitled to perfect representation, only constitutional… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 28 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Denton v. State.

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1 Denton v. State Anchor
tenncrimapp · 1996
green “not entitled to perfect representation, only constitutionally adequate representation.” 12
2 Nichols v. State
tenn · 2002
green “a petitioner must establish that the deficiency of counsel was of such a degree that it deprived the petitioner of a fair trial and called into question the reliability of the outcome.” 9
3 State v. Zimmerman
tenncrimapp · 1991
green “the evidence stemming from the failure to prepare a sound defense or to present witnesses must be significant, but it does not necessarily follow that the trial would have otherwise resulted in an acquittal.” 7

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