State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Dicks

Decided February 2, 1981. Robert E. Cooper wrote the opinion for the court.

615 S.W.2d 126 · Cited 214 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.

District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson · 411 N.E.2d 1274
People v. Anderson · 493 P.2d 880
In Re Estrada · 63 Cal. 2d 740
Miller v. State · 584 S.W.2d 758
Cozzolino v. State · 584 S.W.2d 765
Houston v. State · 593 S.W.2d 267
Commonwealth v. Devlin · 141 N.E.2d 269
State v. Dixon · 283 So. 2d 1
State v. Kaluna · 520 P.2d 51
Graham v. State · 547 S.W.2d 531
State v. Pierre · 572 P.2d 1338
Forbes v. State · 559 S.W.2d 318
State v. Berry · 592 S.W.2d 553
Ramsay v. Ramsay · 233 N.W.2d 729
Smith v. State · 587 S.W.2d 659
Arsenault v. Commonwealth · 233 N.E.2d 730

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