State Supreme Court / Tenn.

Leonard Edward Smith v. State of Tennessee

Decided December 19, 2011. Sharon Gail Lee wrote the opinion for the court.

357 S.W.3d 322 · Cited 226 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.

Coleman v. State · 341 S.W.3d 221
Frazier v. State · 303 S.W.3d 674
Burford v. State · 845 S.W.2d 204
Williams v. State · 44 S.W.3d 464
Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510
State v. Smith · 993 S.W.2d 6
State v. Benson · 973 S.W.2d 202
Withrow v. Larkin · 421 U.S. 35
John Paul Seals v. State of Tennessee · 23 S.W.3d 272
Bean v. Bailey · 280 S.W.3d 798
Dellinger v. State · 279 S.W.3d 282
Davis v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. · 38 S.W.3d 560
Calvert v. State · 342 S.W.3d 477
Durham v. States · 188 S.W.2d 555
Van Tran v. State · 66 S.W.3d 790
Watkins v. State · 903 S.W.2d 302
Bracy v. Gramley · 520 U.S. 899
Gomez v. United States · 490 U.S. 858
Pylant v. State · 263 S.W.3d 854
Sands v. State · 903 S.W.2d 297
Cooper v. State · 847 S.W.2d 521
Momon v. State · 18 S.W.3d 152
State v. Cazes · 875 S.W.2d 253
State v. Austin · 87 S.W.3d 447
Howell v. State · 151 S.W.3d 450

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