Bledsoe v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “a revocation of a suspended sentence does not require the quantum of proof necessary to convict one of a crime in the first instance”
• stating that “the defendant [in a probation revocation hearing] is not entitled to the same guarantees as a person who is not convicted and is merely on trial upon an accusation of crime”
• stating that “the defendant [in a probation revocation hearing] is not entitled to the same guarantees as a person who is not convicted and is merely on trial upon an accusation of crime”
• stating that “the defendant [in a probation revocation hearing] is not entitled to the same guarantees as a person who is not convicted and is merely on trial upon an accusation of crime”
• explaining in probation revocation hearings, the credibility of witnesses is for the trial court’s determination, as it is in the best position to observe witness demeanor
• “[T]he trial judge was in much better position than we are to judge the weight and value of the testimony.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

73 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Delp
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1980-12-31· cited 544×
• State v. Wade
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-10-04· cited 120×
• Carver v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-07-11· cited 117×
• State v. Beard
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-10-11· cited 100×
• State v. Jackson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-11-27· cited 63×
• Barker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-03-22· cited 36×
• Raper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1970-10-27· cited 8×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1973-01-16· cited 6×
• State of Tennessee v. Donta Henry Ivory
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-06-12
• State of Tennessee v. Eric Pernell Taylor
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-02-26
• State of Tennessee v. Patsy Lynn McCoy
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-12-28
• State of Tennessee v. Danny Osborne
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-07-25
• State of Tennessee v. Antonio T. Smith
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-05-05
• State of Tennessee v. James Otis Butler
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-12-28
• State of Tennessee v. Marcell Carter
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-10-13
• State of Tennessee v. Marshall Ward Howell
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-03-06
• State of Tennessee v. Michael Carnell Jones
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-10-13
• State of Tennessee v. Nelius O. Ellis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-10-05
• State of Tennessee v. Brandon Miller Waire
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-10-05
• Moss v. TN Board of Paroles
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-09-28

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hooper v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1956-12-07· cited 149×
• Daniels v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1927-07-16· cited 21×
• Finley v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1964-04-08· cited 9×
• Thompson v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1955-05-06· cited 8×
• Harris v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1930-03-15· cited 5×
• Muller v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1883-04-15· cited 2×