State Court of Appeals / Tenn. Crim. App.

State v. Townes

Decided August 18, 2000. James Curwood Witt Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

56 S.W.3d 30 · Cited 59 times

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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. Burns · 6 S.W.3d 453
Henley v. State · 960 S.W.2d 572
House v. State · 911 S.W.2d 705
State v. Trusty · 919 S.W.2d 305
Poe v. State · 370 S.W.2d 488
Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
Monts v. State · 379 S.W.2d 34
State v. Langford · 994 S.W.2d 126
State v. Dominy · 6 S.W.3d 472
State Ex Rel. Wilkerson v. Bomar · 376 S.W.2d 451
Baxter v. Rose · 523 S.W.2d 930
Momon v. State · 18 S.W.3d 152
State v. Stephenson · 878 S.W.2d 530
State v. Williams · 977 S.W.2d 101
State v. Boyd · 797 S.W.2d 589
State v. Cravens · 764 S.W.2d 754
Howard v. State · 578 S.W.2d 83
Irick v. State · 973 S.W.2d 643
State v. Mellons · 557 S.W.2d 497
State v. Benson · 973 S.W.2d 202

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