Legal Opinion
Jerry Ray Davidson v. State of Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 17, 2014No. M2010-02663-SC-R11-PDPublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J„
delivered the opinion of the Court,
in which SHARON G. LEE, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, and CORNELIA A. CLARK, JJ., joined. GARY R. WADE, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
This post-conviction appeal addresses the extent of defense counsel’s duty to present mitigation evidence during the penalty phase of a capital murder trial. Defense counsel in a capital case possessed evidence that their client suffered from severe lifelong cognitive impairments and personality disorders and that he was predisposed to sexual violence. However, during…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by82 opinions
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