State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. King

Decided July 28, 1986. Robert E. Cooper wrote the opinion for the court.

718 S.W.2d 241 · Cited 124 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.

Bunch v. State · 605 S.W.2d 227
Lee v. State · 194 Tenn. 652
State v. Duncan · 698 S.W.2d 63
State v. Williams · 690 S.W.2d 517
State v. Dicks · 615 S.W.2d 126
Houston v. State · 593 S.W.2d 267
State v. Groseclose · 615 S.W.2d 142
Johnson v. State · 531 S.W.2d 558
Farris v. State · 535 S.W.2d 608
State v. Workman · 667 S.W.2d 44
State v. Mellons · 557 S.W.2d 497
State v. Austin · 618 S.W.2d 738
State v. Elliott · 524 S.W.2d 473
State v. Morris · 641 S.W.2d 883

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State v. Stout · 46 S.W.3d 689
State v. Porterfield · 746 S.W.2d 441
State v. Hines · 758 S.W.2d 515
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State v. Odom · 928 S.W.2d 18
State v. Reid · 91 S.W.3d 247
State v. Rice · 184 S.W.3d 646
State v. Stephenson · 878 S.W.2d 530
State v. Middlebrooks · 840 S.W.2d 317
State v. Sims · 45 S.W.3d 1
State v. Davidson · 121 S.W.3d 600
State v. Cribbs · 967 S.W.2d 773
State v. Vann · 976 S.W.2d 93
State v. Bane · 57 S.W.3d 411
State v. Hall · 958 S.W.2d 679
State v. Nichols · 877 S.W.2d 722
State v. Berry · 141 S.W.3d 549
State v. Morris · 24 S.W.3d 788
State v. Cauthern · 967 S.W.2d 726

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