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State v. Sutton

Citations

  • 562 S.W.2d 820
  • 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 595

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that “[w]ithout contemporaneous objection [to improper questions], the error, if any, is waived”
  • stating that errors not contemporaneously objected to are waived
  • “Where the criminal defendant raises an issue in his defense, he cannot complain of references to the issue by the prosecution, or argument on that issue, so long as the argument is fairly warranted by the facts and circumstances of the case.”
  • “Where the criminal defendant raises an issue in his defense, he cannot complain of references to the issue by the prosecution, or argument on that issue, so long as the argument is fairly warranted by the facts and circumstances of the case.”
  • “Where the criminal defendant raises an issue in his defense, he cannot complain of references to the issue by the prosecution, or argument on that issue, so long as the argument is fairly warranted by the facts and circumstances of the case.”
  • “Where the criminal defendant raises an issue in his defense, he cannot complain of references to the issue by the prosecution, or argument on that issue, so long as the argument is fairly warranted by the facts and circumstances of the case.”

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Judges: Fones, Henry, Cooper, Brock, Harbison

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