State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Thomas

Decided March 4, 2005. Adolpho A. Birch Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

158 S.W.3d 361 · Cited 308 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. Bland · 958 S.W.2d 651
State v. McKinney · 74 S.W.3d 291
State v. Stout · 46 S.W.3d 689
United States v. Wheeler · 435 U.S. 313
State v. Banks · 564 S.W.2d 947
Marshall v. Jerrico, Inc. · 446 U.S. 238
State v. Sims · 45 S.W.3d 1
State v. Howell · 868 S.W.2d 238
State v. Duncan · 698 S.W.2d 63
State v. Godsey · 60 S.W.3d 759
State v. Austin · 87 S.W.3d 447
State v. Hutchison · 898 S.W.2d 161
State v. Burns · 6 S.W.3d 453
Withrow v. Larkin · 421 U.S. 35
Schweiker v. McClure · 456 U.S. 188
State v. Allen · 69 S.W.3d 181
State v. Davis · 141 S.W.3d 600
Lavon v. State · 586 S.W.2d 112
State v. Mejia · 197 So. 2d 73
State v. Evans · 838 S.W.2d 185
State v. Reid · 91 S.W.3d 247
State v. Cazes · 875 S.W.2d 253
State v. Ballard · 855 S.W.2d 557
State v. Bigbee · 885 S.W.2d 797
State v. Cribbs · 967 S.W.2d 773

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