State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Evans

Decided September 14, 1992. Frank F. Drowota III wrote the opinion for the court.

838 S.W.2d 185 · Cited 1,810 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. Middlebrooks · 840 S.W.2d 317
State v. Banks · 564 S.W.2d 947
State v. Cabbage · 571 S.W.2d 832
State v. Williams · 657 S.W.2d 405
State v. Francis · 669 S.W.2d 85
State v. Tuggle · 639 S.W.2d 913
State v. Grace · 493 S.W.2d 474
State v. Brown · 551 S.W.2d 329
State v. Duncan · 698 S.W.2d 63
State v. Black · 815 S.W.2d 166
State v. Melson · 638 S.W.2d 342
State v. Hatchett · 560 S.W.2d 627
State v. Thompson · 768 S.W.2d 239
State v. Bates · 804 S.W.2d 868
State v. Porterfield · 746 S.W.2d 441
State v. Irick · 762 S.W.2d 121
State v. O'GUINN · 709 S.W.2d 561

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