State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Brown

Decided May 9, 1977. William Fones wrote the opinion for the court.

551 S.W.2d 329 · Cited 598 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.

Farmer v. State · 343 S.W.2d 895
Marie v. State · 319 S.W.2d 86
Bryan v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. · 130 S.W.2d 85
Ford v. State · 201 S.W.2d 539
State v. Townsend · 525 S.W.2d 842

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