State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Banks

Decided April 17, 1978. Ray L. Brock Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

564 S.W.2d 947 · Cited 765 times

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People v. Ford · 60 Cal. 2d 772
State v. Bucanis · 138 A.2d 739
State v. LaChance · 524 S.W.2d 933
People v. Carter · 48 Cal. 2d 737
The People v. Speck · 242 N.E.2d 208
State v. Butler · 143 A.2d 530
Commonwealth v. Novak · 395 Pa. 199
People v. Falkner · 209 N.W.2d 193
Kiefer v. State · 153 N.E.2d 899
Commonwealth v. Powell · 428 Pa. 275
Archina v. People · 307 P.2d 1083
Commonwealth v. Scaramuzzino · 455 Pa. 378
People v. Chavez · 50 Cal. 2d 778
The People v. Jackson · 138 N.E.2d 528
State v. Morris · 245 La. 175
State v. Martinez · 439 P.2d 691
Brown v. State · 186 Tenn. 378
Commonwealth v. Osman · 284 Mass. 421
Hancock v. State · 47 So. 2d 833
Pribyl v. State · 87 N.W.2d 201
Thibodeau v. Connecticut Co. · 139 Conn. 9
Baldwin v. State · 372 S.W.2d 188
Wilkerson v. State · 342 S.W.2d 431
State v. Bullington · 532 S.W.2d 556
State Ex Rel. Smith v. Livingston Limestone Co. · 547 S.W.2d 942

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