State Supreme Court / Tenn.

Nichols v. State

Decided October 7, 2002. Adolpho A. Birch Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

90 S.W.3d 576 · Cited 524 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.

Goad v. State · 938 S.W.2d 363
State v. Bigbee · 885 S.W.2d 797
State v. Burns · 6 S.W.3d 453
State v. Nichols · 877 S.W.2d 722
Baxter v. Rose · 523 S.W.2d 930
State v. Brimmer · 876 S.W.2d 75
State v. Chalmers · 28 S.W.3d 913
Robinson v. Greenwood District · 258 Ark. 798
Henley v. State · 960 S.W.2d 572
State v. Melson · 772 S.W.2d 417
State v. Hall · 976 S.W.2d 121
State v. Middlebrooks · 840 S.W.2d 317
State v. Huddleston · 924 S.W.2d 666
State v. Bush · 942 S.W.2d 489
State v. Nesbit · 978 S.W.2d 872
State v. Stout · 46 S.W.3d 689
State v. Cauthern · 967 S.W.2d 726
Terry v. State · 46 S.W.3d 147
State v. Mann · 959 S.W.2d 503
State v. Godsey · 60 S.W.3d 759
State v. Pearson · 858 S.W.2d 879
State v. Martin · 950 S.W.2d 20
State v. Blouvett · 904 S.W.2d 111
State v. Reid · 981 S.W.2d 166

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