John Paul Seals v. State of Tennessee

Decided June 20, 2000. E Riley Anderson wrote the opinion for the court.

23 S.W.3d 272 · Cited 316 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.

• Watkins v. State · 903 S.W.2d 302
• Burford v. State · 845 S.W.2d 204
• Sands v. State · 903 S.W.2d 297
• Carter v. State · 952 S.W.2d 417
• Phillips v. State Board of Regents · 863 S.W.2d 45
• State v. Pettus · 986 S.W.2d 540
• Owens v. State · 908 S.W.2d 923
• Riggs v. Burson · 941 S.W.2d 44
• Hawks v. City of Westmoreland · 960 S.W.2d 10
• Parks v. Tennessee Municipal League Risk Management Pool · 974 S.W.2d 677
• State v. Barnett · 909 S.W.2d 423
• Doe v. Norris · 751 S.W.2d 834
• State v. Hale · 840 S.W.2d 307
• Wright v. State · 987 S.W.2d 26
• Caldwell v. State · 917 S.W.2d 662

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• State v. Nix · 40 S.W.3d 459
• Mills v. Wong · 155 S.W.3d 916
• Williams v. State · 44 S.W.3d 464
• Sarrah Hewlett v. State of Tennessee
• Robert Lewis Webb v. State of Tennessee
• Leonard Edward Smith v. State of Tennessee · 357 S.W.3d 322
• Frank Fetzer Mills, Jr. v. Luis L. Wong, M.D.
• Christina Mae Stroud v. Jimmy Stroud
• Bobby Glen Crocker v. State of Tennessee
• Workman v. State · 41 S.W.3d 100
• David Keen v. State of Tennessee · 398 S.W.3d 594
• State v. McKnight · 51 S.W.3d 559
• Reid v. State · 197 S.W.3d 694
• Sample v. State · 82 S.W.3d 267
• Holton v. State · 201 S.W.3d 626
• David Keen v. State of Tennessee - Dissent
• Paul Dennis Reid, Jr. v. State of Tennessee
• Daryl Keith Holton v. State of Tennessee and Paul Denis Reid, Jr. v. State of Tennessee
• Barry Winfred Ritchie v. State of Tennessee
• Michael Morris v. State of Tennessee
• Charles R. Blackstock v. State of Tennessee
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• Artis Whitehead v. State of Tennessee · 402 S.W.3d 615

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