Brown v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the general assembly’s use of the word “shall” clearly indicated that the post-conviction court’s duty to make findings of fact is mandatory
• stating that “[w]ithout a clear and detailed finding of fact by the trial judge, the petitioner and his counsel and the appellate court are at a complete loss to know the basis of the trial judge’s decision and judgment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Swanson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1984-09-12· cited 127×
• Marsh v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1977-09-15· cited 18×
• Parton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-03-29· cited 18×
• Cureton v. Tollett
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-09-15· cited 18×
• Janow v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-04-06· cited 14×
• Malone v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-10-08· cited 11×
• Webb v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-08-11· cited 9×
• Mayes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1984-03-07· cited 8×
• Rucker v. Tollett
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-10-13· cited 4×
• Sykes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-12-10· cited 3×
• State v. Collins
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1985-06-25· cited 3×
• Blankenship v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-03-11· cited 1×
• Turner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-04-12· cited 1×
• Crystal Miranda Kirby v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-05-03
• Roy L. Morris, Jr. v. State of Tennessee - Order
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-03-27
• James R.C. Rogers v. State of Tennessee - Order
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-03-27
• Terry L. Bomar v. State of Tennessee - Order
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-03-26
• Terry Dale Brewer v. State of Tennessee - Order
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-03-26
• James Lee Blair v. State of Tennessee - Order
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-03-26
• Dural Alston v. State of Tennessee - Order
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-03-26