State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Sutton

Decided June 30, 2005. Adolpho A. Birch Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

166 S.W.3d 686 · Cited 456 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. Smith · 24 S.W.3d 274
State v. Carruthers · 35 S.W.3d 516
State v. Hall · 976 S.W.2d 121
State v. Goodwin · 143 S.W.3d 771
State v. Smith · 868 S.W.2d 561
State v. Evans · 108 S.W.3d 231
State v. Duncan · 698 S.W.2d 63
Carpenter v. State · 136 S.W.3d 608

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