State v. Bowers

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he erroneous recitation of a statute is mere surplusage and not fatal to the charging instrument.”
• “[T]he erroneous recitation of a statute is mere surplusage and not fatal to the charging instrument.”
• “[U]nless an accused can show a substantial right was prejudiced by an alleged or actual variance a conviction will not be set aside thereon.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-05-30· cited 307×
• State v. Miller
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1987-05-12· cited 168×
• State v. Green
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-10-12· cited 66×
• State v. Tune
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1993-02-09· cited 64×
• State v. Michael Rondeau
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2016-11-18· cited 3×
• Detrick Cole v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-03-08
• Andrew Thomas v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-02-23
• Melvin Cofer v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2007-09-25
• State of Tennessee v. Paul Dennis Reid, Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-12-29
• State of Tennessee v. Dwayne Simmons
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-05-11
• Thomas Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-03-17
• State v. Pat Bondurant (Death Penalty)
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-03-18
• State vs.Donald Middlebrooks
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-01-15
• State of Tennessee v. Mario A. Lavender and Eric L. Hobbs
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-11-08
• Michael Eugene Sample v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-09-30
• State of Tennessee v. Danny R. Morris
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-05-09
• State v. Clayton Turner
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-12-01
• State v. Chris Tipton
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-12-01
• State v. Preston Carter
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-12-01
• This Claim Is Without Merit. In Victor v. Nebraska, 511 U.S. 1, 114 S.Ct. 1239, 127 L.Ed.2D
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-12-01

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Moss
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1984-01-03· cited 132×
• State v. Berry
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-01-07· cited 56×
• Cole v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1974-04-24· cited 35×
• Wade v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1975-08-20· cited 16×
• State v. Cole
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-10-13· cited 13×