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· 6/29/1989

State v. Dulsworth

Citations

  • 781 S.W.2d 277
  • 1989 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 500

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that a prisoner has no legitimate expectation of privacy in his or her jail cell
  • noting that a prisoner has no legitimate expectation of privacy in his or her jail cell
  • finding contradictory instructions as to whether a witness was an accomplice to be harmless error
  • “The Fourth Amendment proscription against unreasonable searches and seizures does not apply within the confines of a prison cell.”
  • “Any evidence which tends to establish the guilt of an accused is highly prejudicial to the accused, but this does not mean that the evidence is inadmissible as a matter of law.”

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Judges: Allen, Cornelius, Jones, Reid

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