State Supreme Court / Tenn.

Delk v. State

Decided October 9, 1979. Joe W. Henry wrote the opinion for the court.

590 S.W.2d 435 · Cited 161 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.

Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
Wooten v. State · 314 S.W.2d 1
Hays v. State · 19 S.W.2d 313
Craig v. Marquette Cement Mfg. Co. · 190 Tenn. 234
Overturf v. State · 571 S.W.2d 837
State v. Townsend · 525 S.W.2d 842

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State v. Bigbee · 885 S.W.2d 797
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State v. Moore · 6 S.W.3d 235
State v. Middlebrooks · 840 S.W.2d 317
State v. Smith · 868 S.W.2d 561
State v. Black · 815 S.W.2d 166
State v. Asherman · 193 Conn. 695
State v. Powers · 101 S.W.3d 383
Spicer v. State · 12 S.W.3d 438
State v. Carter · 714 S.W.2d 241

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