State Supreme Court / Tenn.

Clarke v. State

Decided February 2, 1966. Ross W. Dyer wrote the opinion for the court.

402 S.W.2d 863 · Cited 64 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Marable v. State · 313 S.W.2d 451
Cooper v. State · 356 S.W.2d 405
Ellis v. State · 364 S.W.2d 925
Brooke v. People · 339 P.2d 993
United States v. Jeffers · 342 U.S. 48
People v. Hardy · 33 Cal. 2d 52
Elliott Et Ux. v. State · 116 S.W.2d 1009
Grant v. State · 374 S.W.2d 391
Shafer v. State · 381 S.W.2d 254
McCanless, Com'r v. Evans · 146 S.W.2d 354
Bromley v. State · 310 S.W.2d 432
Batts v. State · 222 S.W.2d 190
Hill v. State · 211 Tenn. 682
Lewis v. State · 184 S.W.2d 23
Carroll v. State · 189 Tenn. 351
Born v. State · 397 P.2d 924
United States v. Coots · 196 F. Supp. 775

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Houston v. State · 593 S.W.2d 267
State v. Crowder · 203 S.E.2d 38
State v. Thompson · 65 P.3d 420
Garcia v. State · 522 S.W.2d 203
State v. Martin · 702 S.W.2d 560
State v. Bullington · 532 S.W.2d 556
State v. Fields · 434 S.W.2d 507
Blankenship v. State · 410 S.W.2d 159
State v. Sparks · 255 S.E.2d 373
Sikes v. State · 524 S.W.2d 483
State v. Thornton · 730 S.W.2d 309
Brookins v. State · 602 P.2d 215
State of Tennessee v. Michael D. Sweat
State of Tennessee v. Howard Thomas
Hunter v. State · 440 S.W.2d 1
State v. Howe · 182 N.W.2d 658

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