PHILLIPS v. STATE

No. W2019-01927-SC-R11-PC.

647 S.W.3d 389 (2022)

Tommie PHILLIPS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, AT JACKSON.

FILED June 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josie S. Holland and Valerie T. Corder , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Tommie Phillips.

Herbert H. Slatery, III , Attorney General and Reporter; Andrée Sophia Blumstein , Solicitor General; Jonathan H. Wardle , Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich , District Attorney General; and Leslie Byrd , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Jonathan Harwell , Joshua Stanton , Susan L. Kay , Jackson M. Hill , and Anya Van Soestenbergen , Nashville, Tennessee, for the Amici Curiae, Penny J. White, Steven L. Mulroy, Terry A. Maroney, and the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


OPINION

In this post-conviction matter, we clarify the appropriate burden of proof and legal standard to be applied when a criminal defendant claims ineffective assistance of counsel based on trial counsel...

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