State Supreme Court / Tenn.

Owens v. State

Decided October 23, 1995. E Riley Anderson wrote the opinion for the court.

908 S.W.2d 923 · Cited 507 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.

Burford v. State · 845 S.W.2d 204
Allen v. McWilliams · 715 S.W.2d 28
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
Wilson v. Johnson County · 879 S.W.2d 807
Lyons v. Rasar · 872 S.W.2d 895
Worrall v. Kroger Co. · 545 S.W.2d 736
State ex rel. Loser v. National Optical Stores Co. · 189 Tenn. 433
Glasgow v. Fox · 383 S.W.2d 9
Watts v. Memphis Transit Management Co. · 462 S.W.2d 495
State Ex Rel. West v. Kivett · 308 S.W.2d 833
State Board of Architectural & Engineering Examiners v. Blalock · 190 Tenn. 626
City of Greenfield v. Callins · 195 Tenn. 285
State v. Evans · 838 S.W.2d 185
State v. Cazes · 875 S.W.2d 253
State v. Sliger · 846 S.W.2d 262
State v. Porterfield · 746 S.W.2d 441
State v. Payne · 791 S.W.2d 10

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