State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Hester

Decided October 5, 2010. William C. Koch Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

324 S.W.3d 1 · Cited 554 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.

State v. Banks · 271 S.W.3d 90
State v. Rimmer · 250 S.W.3d 12
Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co. · 328 U.S. 217
State v. Mann · 959 S.W.2d 503
State of Tennessee v. Richard Odom, a/k/a Otis Smith · 137 S.W.3d 572
Bean v. Bailey · 280 S.W.3d 798
State v. Bland · 958 S.W.2d 651
People v. Anderson · 25 Cal. 4th 543
State v. Franklin · 308 S.W.3d 799
State v. Dellinger · 79 S.W.3d 458
State v. Reid · 91 S.W.3d 247
State v. Bigbee · 885 S.W.2d 797
People v. Fields · 673 P.2d 680
People v. Taylor · 229 P.3d 12
State v. Rodriguez · 254 S.W.3d 361
People v. Burgener · 62 P.3d 1
State v. Godsey · 60 S.W.3d 759
State v. Coffin · 991 P.2d 477
State v. Barnett · 909 S.W.2d 423
State v. Small · 988 S.W.2d 671
Lovin v. State · 286 S.W.3d 275
State v. Grace · 493 S.W.2d 474
State v. Carruthers · 35 S.W.3d 516
State v. Brown · 836 S.W.2d 530
State v. Scott · 33 S.W.3d 746

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