State v. Pritchett

How courts have described this case

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

• finding the evidence to be insufficient to satisfy a narrowed construction of the aggravator where the victim's death was \instantaneous\
• underlying felony can be used as an aggravating circumstance under any set of circumstances
• “A wife can consent to the search of her home, and if objects are found [that] would incriminate her husband, such objects are admissible in evidence.”
• instantaneous death by gunshot wound not torture

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Odom
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-06-03· cited 1,978×
• State v. Sheffield
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1984-08-27· cited 1,460×
• State v. Williams
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1983-08-29· cited 1,043×
• State v. Banks
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-11-07· cited 671×
• State v. Hester
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2010-10-05· cited 554×
• State v. Howell
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-11-10· cited 552×
• State v. Middlebrooks
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-09-08· cited 519×
• Bell v. Cone
  Supreme Court· 2005-01-24· cited 475×
• State v. Black
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1991-08-05· cited 445×
• State v. Melson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1982-08-16· cited 438×
• State v. Smith
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1994-10-03· cited 326×
• State v. Caughron
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-05-10· cited 310×
• State v. Van Tran
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-09-27· cited 288×
• State v. Buck
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1984-01-30· cited 260×
• State v. Williams
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 252×
• State v. Gentry
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1993-09-17· cited 241×
• State v. Smith
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 234×
• State v. Ross
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
• Terry v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-04-25· cited 226×
• State v. Walker
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-09-18· cited 200×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• United States v. Matlock
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-20· cited 3,648×
• Gardner v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-22· cited 1,935×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Godfrey v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
• State v. Sutton
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-03-13· cited 222×
• State v. Dicks
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1981-02-02· cited 214×
• Houston v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-01-07· cited 128×
• State v. Groseclose
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1981-02-27· cited 119×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-09-28· cited 116×
• Blake v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-06-28· cited 88×
• State v. Givhan
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-01-22· cited 84×
• State Ex Rel. Anglin v. Mitchell
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-03-10· cited 76×
• State v. Moore
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1981-04-06· cited 69×
• Collard v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1975-08-18· cited 62×
• State v. Chandler
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-03-14· cited 57×

Other cases named State v. Pritchett

34 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• State v. Pritchett
  Montana Supreme Court· 2000-09-28· cited 57×
• State v. Pritchett
  Utah Supreme Court· 2003-05-13· cited 56×
• State v. Pritchett
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1961-09-13· cited 27×
• State v. . Pritchett
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1890-02-05· cited 26×
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1909-05-18· cited 19×
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1973-03-14· cited 18×
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1975-01-29· cited 16×
• State v. Pritchett
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2011-11-18· cited 15×
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1976-12-23· cited 13×
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2000-10-27· cited 13×
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1977-07-11· cited 12×
• State v. Pritchett
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1975-06-02· cited 8×
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-07-25· cited 5×
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2007-09-07
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2010-09-29
• State v. Pritchett
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2010-02-04
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2009-10-07
• State v. Pritchett
  Washington Supreme Court· 2009-01-06
• State v. Pritchett
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2011-03-04
• State v. Pritchett
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2012-10-05
• State v. Pritchett
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2021-01-07
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-01-13
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-08-09
• State v. Pritchett
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2014-08-19
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1988-04-06
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1977-06-01
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1978-05-16
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-03-24
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-09-11
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-05-24
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2017-10-16
• State v. Pritchett
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2018-10-24
• State v. Pritchett
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2017-10-16
• State v. Pritchett
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-07-11