State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Morgan

Decided August 9, 1976. William Fones wrote the opinion for the court.

541 S.W.2d 385 · Cited 159 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.

Posley v. State · 288 S.W.2d 455
Hendricks and Brooks v. State · 39 S.W.2d 580
Brooks v. State · 187 Tenn. 67
State v. Fowler · 373 S.W.2d 460
State v. Bock · 328 P.2d 1065
State v. Sorrell · 333 P.2d 1081
Headley v. State · 283 So. 2d 458
Gray v. State · 235 S.W.2d 20
People v. Theodore · 121 Cal. App. 2d 17
Davis v. Wicker · 333 S.W.2d 921
McGee v. State · 332 S.W.2d 507
Kirby v. State · 184 S.W.2d 41
Everhart v. State · 194 Tenn. 272
Hardin v. State · 232 Miss. 470
Collard v. State · 526 S.W.2d 112
Lockwood v. State · 107 So. 2d 770

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State v. Harries · 657 S.W.2d 414
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Tennessee v. Banks · 641 S.W.2d 501
State of Tennessee v. Eddie Gaston
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People v. Allen · 420 N.W.2d 499
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