State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Sims

Decided April 17, 2001. Janice Marie Holder wrote the opinion for the court.

45 S.W.3d 1 · Cited 395 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. Moore · 614 S.W.2d 348
State v. Burns · 6 S.W.3d 453
State v. Nichols · 877 S.W.2d 722
State v. Nesbit · 978 S.W.2d 872
State v. Odom · 928 S.W.2d 18
State v. Hall · 976 S.W.2d 121
State v. Hall · 8 S.W.3d 593
State v. Williams · 977 S.W.2d 101
State v. Hall · 958 S.W.2d 679
State v. Trusty · 919 S.W.2d 305
State v. Keen · 31 S.W.3d 196
State v. Chalmers · 28 S.W.3d 913
State v. Goad · 707 S.W.2d 846
State v. Bland · 958 S.W.2d 651
State v. Carruthers · 35 S.W.3d 516
State v. Howell · 868 S.W.2d 238
State v. Suttles · 30 S.W.3d 252
Cozzolino v. State · 584 S.W.2d 765
State v. Dominy · 6 S.W.3d 472
State v. Cazes · 875 S.W.2d 253
State v. Brown · 836 S.W.2d 530
State v. Banks · 564 S.W.2d 947
State v. Pike · 978 S.W.2d 904
State v. Teel · 793 S.W.2d 236
State v. Black · 815 S.W.2d 166

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State v. Young · 196 S.W.3d 85
State v. McKinney · 74 S.W.3d 291
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State of Tennessee v. Detrick Cole · 155 S.W.3d 885
State v. Timothy McKinney
State v. Bane · 57 S.W.3d 411
State v. Thomas · 158 S.W.3d 361
State v. Berry · 141 S.W.3d 549
State v. Austin · 87 S.W.3d 447
State of Tennessee v. James Riels
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State of Tennessee v. Gerald L. Powers
Wiley v. State · 183 S.W.3d 317
State v. Powers · 101 S.W.3d 383
State of Tennessee v. Richard Odom, a/k/a Otis Smith · 137 S.W.3d 572
State v. Reid · 213 S.W.3d 792
State v. Davis · 141 S.W.3d 600
State of Tennessee v. Gary Lynn Harvey
State v. Hester · 324 S.W.3d 1
State v. Robinson · 146 S.W.3d 469
State v. Davidson · 121 S.W.3d 600

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