State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Melson

Decided June 12, 1989. William J. Harbison wrote the opinion for the court.

772 S.W.2d 417 · Cited 868 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. Melson · 638 S.W.2d 342
Baxter v. Rose · 523 S.W.2d 930
State v. Caldwell · 671 S.W.2d 459
Hellard v. State · 629 S.W.2d 4
State v. Williams · 657 S.W.2d 405
State v. Duncan · 698 S.W.2d 63
State v. Williams · 690 S.W.2d 517
State v. Carter · 714 S.W.2d 241
State v. Porterfield · 746 S.W.2d 441
State v. Zagorski · 701 S.W.2d 808
State v. Cone · 665 S.W.2d 87
State v. Workman · 667 S.W.2d 44
State v. Hartman · 703 S.W.2d 106
State v. Barnes · 703 S.W.2d 611
State v. Campbell · 664 S.W.2d 281
State v. Austin · 618 S.W.2d 738
State v. Poe · 755 S.W.2d 41
State v. Sparks · 727 S.W.2d 480
State v. Matson · 666 S.W.2d 41

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