Ricks v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[t]he power to commute a sentence is a part of the pardoning power and may be exercised under a general grant of that power”
• “[A] commutation affirms the sentence imposed by the jury or the trial court—it simply modifies this sentence.”
• “[t]he power to commute a sentence is a part of the pardoning power and may be exercised under a general grant of that power”
• “[A] commutation affirms the sentence imposed by the jury or the trial court — it simply modifies this sentence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People Ex Rel. Madigan v. Snyder
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-01-23· cited 105×
• United States v. Raymond Surratt, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-04-21· cited 32×
• State Ex Rel. Forbes v. Caperton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-12-19· cited 11×
• Carroll v. Raney
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-09-29· cited 10×
• State v. Fields
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-02-07· cited 2×
• Lemay v. State, Department of Correction
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-10-05· cited 1×
• Marvin Anthony Matthews v. Tony Parker, Warden
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-08-17
• Michael A. Sullivan, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated Under T.C.A. 29-21-104 v. Karen Watson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-12-14
• State of Tennessee v. John Ruff
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2005-03-16
• LeMay v. TDOC
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-05-26
• Roger L. Hickman v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-12-18
• Madu v. Madu
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-10-25
• Lemay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-06-29
• Garvin T. Shepherd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-08-19
• State v. Timothy Acklin
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-07-19
• William Jones v. Jack Morgan
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-05-30
• El Pueblo v. Arlequín Vélez
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2020-03-09

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Archer v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-03-22· cited 1,346×
• Potts v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-06-08· cited 427×
• Ussery v. Avery
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1968-10-11· cited 284×
• State v. Warren
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1986-05-23· cited 72×
• Collins v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-05-02· cited 48×
• State v. Meadows
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1965-04-07· cited 46×
• Bemis Co., Inc. v. Hines
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1979-07-30· cited 45×
• State Ex Rel. Stewart v. McWherter
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1992-11-18· cited 37×
• Bowen v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1972-12-19· cited 35×
• State v. Ryan
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1988-04-19· cited 21×
• State ex rel. Karr v. Taxing District of Shelby County
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1886-04-15· cited 21×
• Rowell v. Dutton
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1985-01-09· cited 18×
• State ex rel. Jordan v. Bomar
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1965-03-04· cited 8×
• State Ex Rel. Rowe v. Connors
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1933-06-24· cited 7×
• White v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1986-07-02· cited 6×
• Hall v. Heer
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1966-01-05· cited 5×
• Leonard v. Criminal Court of Davidson County
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-10-25· cited 2×