State Supreme Court / Tenn.

Artis Whitehead v. State of Tennessee

Decided March 21, 2013. William C. Koch Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

402 S.W.3d 615 · Cited 254 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Williams v. State · 44 S.W.3d 464
Leonard Edward Smith v. State of Tennessee · 357 S.W.3d 322
Burford v. State · 845 S.W.2d 204
People v. Rissley · 795 N.E.2d 174
John Paul Seals v. State of Tennessee · 23 S.W.3d 272
Ricky HARRIS v. STATE of Tennessee · 301 S.W.3d 141
State v. Nix · 40 S.W.3d 459
Momon v. State · 18 S.W.3d 152
Dellinger v. State · 279 S.W.3d 282
State v. Honeycutt · 54 S.W.3d 762
Sands v. State · 903 S.W.2d 297
Henry Zillon Felts v. State of Tennessee · 354 S.W.3d 266
Norman Redwing v. Catholic Bishop for the Diocese of Memphis · 363 S.W.3d 436
House v. State · 911 S.W.2d 705
Frazier v. State · 303 S.W.3d 674
Terrance N. CARTER v. Rickey BELL · 279 S.W.3d 560
Calvert v. State · 342 S.W.3d 477
State v. Burkhart · 541 S.W.2d 365
Sanchez v. State · 816 N.W.2d 550
Stokes v. State · 146 S.W.3d 56
Paul Dennis Reid, Jr. v. State of Tennessee · 396 S.W.3d 478
Ex Parte Ward · 46 So. 3d 888
Watkins v. State · 903 S.W.2d 302
Raynor v. Dufrain · 28 F. Supp. 2d 896
Laney v. State · 826 S.W.2d 117

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