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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 396 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 Hicks v. State.

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1 Hicks v. State Anchor
tenncrimapp · 1998
green “evidence is clear and convincing when there is no serious or substantial doubt about the correctness of the conclusions drawn from the evidence.” 158
2 Lockhart v. Fretwell
scotus · 1993
green “whether counsel's deficient performance renders the result of the trial unreliable or the proceeding fundamentally unfair.” 115
3 Fields v. State
tenn · 2001
green “a trial court's findings of fact underlying a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel are reviewed on appeal under a de novo standard, accompanied with a presumption that those findings are correct unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise.” 85
4 Hellard v. State
tenn · 1982
green “should indulge a strong presumption that counsel's conduct falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance,” 38

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