State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Burns

Decided November 8, 1999. William M. Barker wrote the opinion for the court.

6 S.W.3d 453 · Cited 3,074 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.

State v. Trusty · 919 S.W.2d 305
Howard v. State · 578 S.W.2d 83
Baxter v. Rose · 523 S.W.2d 930
Johnson v. State · 531 S.W.2d 558
Owen v. State · 188 Tenn. 459
Goad v. State · 938 S.W.2d 363
State v. Langford · 994 S.W.2d 126
State v. Cleveland · 959 S.W.2d 548
State v. Bolden · 979 S.W.2d 587
Henley v. State · 960 S.W.2d 572
People v. Barton · 906 P.2d 531
State v. Berlin · 133 Wash. 2d 541
State v. Boyd · 797 S.W.2d 589
Strader v. State · 362 S.W.2d 224
State v. Williams · 503 N.W.2d 561
State v. Dominy · 6 S.W.3d 472
Hellard v. State · 629 S.W.2d 4
Hicks v. State · 983 S.W.2d 240
State v. Stephenson · 878 S.W.2d 530
State v. Keith · 978 S.W.2d 861
Ruff v. State · 978 S.W.2d 95
State v. Jones · 883 S.W.2d 597
State v. Williams · 977 S.W.2d 101
Overton v. State · 874 S.W.2d 6
Chumbler v. Commonwealth · 905 S.W.2d 488

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State v. Bowles · 52 S.W.3d 69
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Wiley v. State · 183 S.W.3d 317
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State v. Brown · 311 S.W.3d 422
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