State v. Jefferson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that two distinct offenses cannot generally be charged in the same count of the indictment
• holding that indictment which charged first degree premeditated murder and first degree felony murder in a single count was not duplicitous
• stating that an indictment charging more than one offense in a single count is duplicitous
• stating that it is essential to protection of society that wide discretion be vested in officers chosen to enforce our laws

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Dykes
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-09-27· cited 806×
• State v. Oody
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1991-05-30· cited 491×
• State v. Melson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1982-08-16· cited 438×
• State v. Day
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-09-22· cited 213×
• State v. Austin
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2002-09-16· cited 197×
• State v. Marshall
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1993-03-18· cited 179×
• State v. King
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1986-07-28· cited 124×
• Ezell v. Cockrell
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-06-05· cited 118×
• State v. Mitchell
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-01-14· cited 114×
• State v. Furlough
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-04-10· cited 112×
• Arthur v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-03-08· cited 110×
• State v. Strouth
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1981-06-08· cited 106×
• Lackey v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-11-21· cited 100×
• State v. Taylor
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1989-04-17· cited 97×
• State v. Kyger
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1989-09-27· cited 91×
• State v. Dominy
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-11-08· cited 91×
• State v. Robinson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-09-15· cited 87×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-05-24· cited 87×
• State v. Hopper
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1985-03-13· cited 78×
• State v. Bennett
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-06-07· cited 77×

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Draper v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1959-01-26· cited 3,191×
• Swain v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-08· cited 3,183×
• Kirby v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 3,001×
• State v. Grace
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1973-04-16· cited 1,915×
• McGautha v. California
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-03· cited 1,077×
• Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1970-01-19· cited 459×
• Smith v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1959-07-27· cited 88×
• White v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1962-04-04· cited 67×
• Jones v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1930-11-28· cited 48×
• Bostick v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1962-09-21· cited 42×
• West v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1968-03-08· cited 41×
• Greenberg v. American Surety Co.
  Supreme Court· 1960-01-11· cited 37×
• Lloyd v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1969-05-05· cited 32×
• Fox v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1964-07-15· cited 28×
• Canady v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1970-02-03· cited 26×
• Gray v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1952-06-07· cited 23×
• Jordan v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1928-03-03· cited 23×
• Griffin v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1902-09-15· cited 23×

Other cases named State v. Jefferson

201 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• State v. Jefferson
  Washington Supreme Court· 2018-11-01· cited 98×
• State v. Jefferson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-08-25· cited 94×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-05-24· cited 87×
• State v. Jefferson
  Montana Supreme Court· 2003-04-21· cited 79×
• State v. Jefferson
  Montana Supreme Court· 2001-01-30· cited 78×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1965-07-12· cited 53×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2005-12-21· cited 47×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1976-03-10· cited 47×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-07-08· cited 41×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1973-10-29· cited 41×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-10-17· cited 40×
• State v. Jefferson
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2001-12-11· cited 39×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-09-06· cited 39×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-05-11· cited 38×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1997-12-24· cited 30×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1969-11-08· cited 22×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-06-12· cited 22×
• State v. Jefferson
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2010-05-21· cited 21×
• State v. Jefferson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1971-05-20· cited 21×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2006-01-27· cited 20×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-03-20· cited 18×
• State v. . Jefferson
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1899-12-22· cited 16×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-10-30· cited 16×
• State v. Jefferson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-11-07· cited 13×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1999-04-21· cited 13×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1992-09-23· cited 12×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2009-12-01· cited 12×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1991-05-14· cited 12×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2002-03-13· cited 11×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1917-07-18· cited 11×
• State v. Jefferson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1972-12-11· cited 10×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2002-12-04· cited 10×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1891-10-15· cited 10×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1882-10-15· cited 10×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1984-04-11· cited 9×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-01-28· cited 9×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1977-06-09· cited 9×
• State v. Jefferson
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2017-08-18· cited 9×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1988-12-28· cited 9×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1973-10-29· cited 8×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-09-02· cited 8×
• State v. Jefferson
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-06-13· cited 8×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of North Carolina· 2017-03-07· cited 8×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-03-11· cited 8×
• State v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2003-01-10· cited 8×
• State v. Jefferson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1972-04-06· cited 7×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-01-27· cited 7×
• State v. Jefferson
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2009-05-26· cited 7×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2012-03-07· cited 7×
• State v. Jefferson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2000-05-10· cited 7×