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6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 68 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 Grindstaff v. State.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grindstaff v. State Anchor | green | “a reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome.” | 22 |
| 2 | Henry Zillon Felts v. State of Tennessee | green | “to eliminate the distorting effects of hindsight, to reconstruct the circumstances of counsel's challenged conduct, and to evaluate the conduct from counsel's perspective at the time.” | 14 |
| 3 | Jerry Ray Davidson v. State of Tennessee | green | “the strong presumption that counsel provided adequate assistance and used reasonable professional judgment to make all strategic and tactical significant decisions.” | 10 |
| 4 | Clarence Nesbit v. State of Tennessee | green | “that counsel was not functioning as the "counsel” | 8 |
| 5 | Jerry Ray Davidson v. State of Tennessee | green | “that counsel provided adequate assistance and used reasonable professional judgment to make all strategic and tactical significant decisions.” | 8 |
| 6 | Ward v. State | green | “evidence is clear and convincing when there is no serious or substantial doubt about the correctness of the conclusions drawn from the evidence.” | 6 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.