State Supreme Court / Tenn.

Monts v. State

Decided June 4, 1964. Hamilton S. Burnett wrote the opinion for the court.

379 S.W.2d 34 · Cited 205 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.

Sherrill v. State · 321 S.W.2d 811
Poe v. State · 370 S.W.2d 488
Anderson v. State · 341 S.W.2d 385
Hargrove v. State · 281 S.W.2d 692
Wynn v. State · 181 S.W.2d 332
Davis v. State · 186 Tenn. 545
Wooten v. State · 314 S.W.2d 1
Bishop v. State · 287 S.W.2d 49
Kennedy v. State · 210 S.W.2d 132
Casone v. State · 246 S.W.2d 22
Thompson v. State · 101 S.W.2d 467
Scott v. State · 338 S.W.2d 581
Taylor v. State · 235 S.W.2d 818
Essary v. State · 357 S.W.2d 342
Kennon v. State · 181 S.W.2d 364
Hagood v. State · 190 S.W.2d 1023
Arterburn v. State · 344 S.W.2d 362
Gray v. State · 313 S.W.2d 246

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STATE of Tennessee v. DeWayne COLLIER AKA Patrick Collier · 411 S.W.3d 886
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Easter v. State · 536 S.W.2d 223
State of Tennessee v. Phillip Pack · 421 S.W.3d 629
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Duwan Robertson
State of Tennessee v. Corey Finley
State v. Coulter · 67 S.W.3d 3
State of Tennessee v. Derek Denton
State v. Bigbee · 885 S.W.2d 797
State v. Robinson · 146 S.W.3d 469
State v. Shaw · 37 S.W.3d 900
State v. Thompson · 519 S.W.2d 789
State v. Bane · 57 S.W.3d 411
State v. Stout · 46 S.W.3d 689
State v. Kelly · 603 S.W.2d 726
State v. Keen · 31 S.W.3d 196
Sneed v. State · 423 S.W.2d 857
State v. Bough · 152 S.W.3d 453
State v. Anderson · 985 S.W.2d 9
State of Tennessee v. Henry Lee Jones · 450 S.W.3d 866
State of Tennessee v. James Hawkins · 519 S.W.3d 1
State v. Townes · 56 S.W.3d 30
State v. Cureton · 38 S.W.3d 64
McGowen v. State · 427 S.W.2d 555
Bunch v. State · 499 S.W.2d 1

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