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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 403 S.W.2d 750
  • 218 Tenn. 378
  • 22 McCanless 378
  • 1966 Tenn. LEXIS 574

How courts have described this case

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

  • “once a jury has been sworn to try the issues, a juror, or jurors, or the whole panel, cannot be discharged and a mistrial declared without discharging the defendant, except in cases of manifest necessity”
  • “the rule can be stated in Tennessee that once a jury has been sworn to try the issues, a juror, or jurors, or the whole panel, cannot be discharged and a mistrial declared without discharging the defendant, except in eases of manifest necessity”

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Judges: White, Bubnett, Chibe, Dye, Chattin, Cbe-Son, Burnett, Creson

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