State Supreme Court / Tenn.

State v. Yeargan

Decided November 24, 1997. Lyle Reid wrote the opinion for the court.

958 S.W.2d 626 · Cited 776 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.

Whren v. United States · 517 U.S. 806
State v. Watkins · 827 S.W.2d 293
State v. Pully · 863 S.W.2d 29
Hughes v. State · 588 S.W.2d 296
Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523
Brown v. Texas · 443 U.S. 47
State v. Downey · 945 S.W.2d 102
State v. Bartram · 925 S.W.2d 227
State v. Melson · 638 S.W.2d 342
West v. State · 425 S.W.2d 602
State v. Odom · 928 S.W.2d 18
Sneed v. State · 423 S.W.2d 857
Beare Co. v. Tennessee Department of Revenue · 858 S.W.2d 906
Jones v. State · 33 S.W.2d 59
State v. Jacumin · 778 S.W.2d 430
Griffin v. State · 604 S.W.2d 40
State v. Burroughs · 926 S.W.2d 243

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