Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1/12/1977
Hatchett v. State
Citations
- 552 S.W.2d 414
- 1977 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 241
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- concluding that because the question concerning the defendant’s prior drug use was not proper for impeachment purposes under Rule 608(b
- holding that questions concerning witness’s drug use as impeachment were improper via Tenn. R. Evid. 608(b)
- stating that “[t]he state cannot ask a witness an irrelevant but prejudicial question and then, under a theory of impeachment, predicate a second irrelevant and prejudicial question upon the defendant’s response”
- “The State cannot ask a witness an irrelevant but prejudicial question, and then, under the theory of impeachment, predicate a second irrelevant and prejudicial question upon the defendant’s response to the first question.”
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Judges: Russell, Tatum, Walker
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. AdkissonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1994-12-08· cited 1,177×
- State v. WestTennessee Supreme Court· 1992-11-23· cited 350×
- State of Tennessee v. Nelson Aguilar Gomez and Florinda LopezTennessee Supreme Court· 2012-04-24· cited 63×
- State v. PattonTennessee Supreme Court· 1979-12-31· cited 52×
- State v. HarveySupreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-07-30· cited 33×
- State v. ZaehringerSupreme Court of Iowa· 1982-10-27· cited 29×
- Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1979-06-20· cited 17×
- State v. BrileyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-03-06· cited 15×
- Luker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-04-18· cited 12×
- State v. BrayCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-08-26· cited 5×
- Benjamin Indoccio v. M & A Builders, LLCCourt of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-11-14· cited 3×
- State of Tennessee v. Sherri MathisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-09-26
- State of Tennessee v. Larry Edward Moore, Jr.Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-02-10
- State of Tennessee v. Kelvin HobsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-12-18
- State v. Leon HurdCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-11-21
- State v. Torayo BrownCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-02-15
- State of Tennessee v. Ezekiel Abraham SchmaltzCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2025-10-29
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