Opinion

State v. Melson

  • 772 S.W.2d 417
  • 1989 Tenn. LEXIS 321
Court
Tennessee Supreme Court
Filed
Jun 12, 1989
Status
Published
On the bench
Harbison, Drowota, Fones, Cooper, O'Brien
Cited by
862 cases

applying the Strickland standard to the right to counsel under article I, section 9 of the Tennessee Constitution

How later courts described this case

  • applying the Strickland standard to the right to counsel under article I, section 9 of the Tennessee Constitution

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

ORDER ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

A petition for rehearing has been filed on behalf of appellee. After consideration of the same, the Court is of the opinion that *422 the petition is not well taken. It is accordingly overruled at the cost of appellee.

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