State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Carruthers

Decided December 11, 2000. Frank F. Drowota III wrote the opinion for the court.

35 S.W.3d 516 · Cited 1,277 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. Bland · 958 S.W.2d 651
Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
State v. Small · 988 S.W.2d 671
State v. Bigbee · 885 S.W.2d 797
City of Tacoma v. Bishop · 920 P.2d 214
State v. Muse · 967 S.W.2d 764
State v. Nesbit · 978 S.W.2d 872
State v. Cummings · 546 N.W.2d 406
Zimmermann v. Board of Professional Responsibility · 764 S.W.2d 757
Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
State v. Banks · 564 S.W.2d 947
State v. Hutchison · 898 S.W.2d 161
State v. Middlebrooks · 995 S.W.2d 550
State v. Barber · 753 S.W.2d 659
State v. Chalmers · 28 S.W.3d 913
Jones v. State · 449 So. 2d 253
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
Liakas v. State · 286 S.W.2d 856
State v. Brown · 836 S.W.2d 530
State v. Smith · 868 S.W.2d 561
State v. Hall · 8 S.W.3d 593
State v. Cribbs · 967 S.W.2d 773
State v. Caughron · 855 S.W.2d 526
Harrington v. State · 385 S.W.2d 758
State v. Cauthern · 967 S.W.2d 726

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State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Devall Davidson · 509 S.W.3d 156
State of Tennessee v. Jessie Dotson
State v. Reid · 91 S.W.3d 247
State v. Leach · 148 S.W.3d 42
State of Tennessee v. Jessie Dotson · 450 S.W.3d 1
State v. Rogers · 188 S.W.3d 593
State v. Rasul · 167 P.3d 1286
State of Tennessee v. Henry Jones
State of Tennessee v. Paul Dennis Reid
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State v. Berry · 141 S.W.3d 549
State v. Reid · 164 S.W.3d 286
State of Tennessee v. Detrick Cole · 155 S.W.3d 885
Commonwealth v. Means · 454 Mass. 81
State v. Far · 51 S.W.3d 222
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