State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Knight

Decided May 11, 1981. William J. Harbison wrote the opinion for the court.

616 S.W.2d 593 · Cited 138 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.

Abney v. United States · 431 U.S. 651
Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
United States v. Perez · 22 U.S. 579
Price v. Georgia · 398 U.S. 323
State v. Brooks · 462 S.W.2d 491
People v. Johnson · 240 N.W.2d 729
Hopper v. State · 205 Tenn. 246
State v. Sedillo · 539 P.2d 630
Wilson v. State · 292 S.W.2d 188
Whitwell v. State · 520 S.W.2d 338

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