State Supreme Court / Tenn.

Derrick Brandon Bush v. State of Tennessee

Decided January 28, 2014. William C. Koch Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

428 S.W.3d 1 · Cited 129 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.

Ward v. State · 315 S.W.3d 461
Meadows v. State · 849 S.W.2d 748
Artis Whitehead v. State of Tennessee · 402 S.W.3d 615
Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319
Van Tran v. State · 66 S.W.3d 790
Danforth v. Minnesota · 552 U.S. 264
State v. Jacumin · 778 S.W.2d 430
Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co. · 287 U.S. 358
William H. Mansell v. Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC · 417 S.W.3d 393
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
Hellard v. State · 629 S.W.2d 4
Lee Medical, Inc. v. Paula Beecher · 312 S.W.3d 515
Burford v. State · 845 S.W.2d 204
Commonwealth v. Upton · 476 N.E.2d 548
John Paul Seals v. State of Tennessee · 23 S.W.3d 272
State v. Jackson · 688 P.2d 136
State v. Mallard · 40 S.W.3d 473
People v. Goss · 286 A.D.2d 180
Rush v. Great American Insurance Company · 376 S.W.2d 454
Dellinger v. State · 279 S.W.3d 282
State v. MacKey · 553 S.W.2d 337
Howell v. State · 185 S.W.3d 319
Lane v. State · 316 S.W.3d 555
State v. Gomez · 163 S.W.3d 632
Leonard Edward Smith v. State of Tennessee · 357 S.W.3d 322

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