State v. Nichols

Decided June 20, 1994. Lyle Reid wrote the opinion for the court.

877 S.W.2d 722 · Cited 322 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. Middlebrooks · 840 S.W.2d 317
• State v. Howell · 868 S.W.2d 238
• Chadwick v. State · 296 S.W.2d 857
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510
• State v. Cazes · 875 S.W.2d 253
• State v. Teague · 680 S.W.2d 785
• Odle v. Superior Court · 654 P.2d 225
• State v. Hines · 758 S.W.2d 515
• Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
• State v. Black · 815 S.W.2d 166
• State v. Smith · 857 S.W.2d 1
• Smith v. State · 527 S.W.2d 737
• State v. Barber · 753 S.W.2d 659
• State v. Bates · 804 S.W.2d 868
• State v. Adams · 788 S.W.2d 557
• Graham v. State · 304 S.W.2d 622
• State v. Terry · 813 S.W.2d 420
• State v. Chandler · 376 S.E.2d 728
• Lester v. State · 370 S.W.2d 405
• State v. Forsyth · 761 P.2d 363
• Dykes v. State · 296 S.W.2d 861
• State v. Harris · 839 S.W.2d 54
• State v. Williams · 690 S.W.2d 517
• State v. Thompson · 768 S.W.2d 239

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Nichols v. Bell · 440 F. Supp. 2d 730
• Harold Wayne Nichols v. State
• State of Tennessee v. Thomas Dee Huskey
• State v. Cribbs · 967 S.W.2d 773
• State v. Boyd · 959 S.W.2d 557
• State v. Hall · 976 S.W.2d 121
• State v. Bush · 942 S.W.2d 489
• State v. Dellinger · 79 S.W.3d 458
• State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Devall Davidson · 509 S.W.3d 156
• State of Tennessee v. David Kyle Gilley
• Harold Wayne Nichols v. State of Tennessee
• Nichols v. State · 90 S.W.3d 576
• State v. Sims · 45 S.W.3d 1
• King v. State · 992 S.W.2d 946
• Kenneth J. Cradic v. State of Tennessee
• State v. Vincent Sims
• State v. Bland · 958 S.W.2d 651
• State v. Bigbee · 885 S.W.2d 797
• State v. Vann · 976 S.W.2d 93
• State v. Nesbit · 978 S.W.2d 872
• State v. Shepherd · 902 S.W.2d 895
• Michael Dean Bush v. State of Tennessee
• State v. Vincent Sims
• State of Tennessee v. James Henderson Dellinger &Amp Gary
• State of Tennessee v. Derek Denton

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