State v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the trier of fact determines whether a killing resulting from mutual contact is murder second degree or voluntary manslaughter
• stating that the jury’s decision to reject the - 11 - notion of provocation was well within its prerogative
• stating that the jury‘s decision to reject the notion of provocation was well within its prerogative
• stating that the jury’s decision to reject the notion of adequate provocation was within its prerogative
• indicating that the construction of statutes and the application of the law to the facts are questions of law
• indicating that the construction of statutes and the application of the law to the facts are questions of law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• In re D.A.H.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-08-27· cited 85×
• State v. Cawood
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-03-22· cited 41×
• State Ex Rel. Pope v. United States Fire Insurance Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-08-27· cited 35×
• Ashley D. Ramsay v. Starlett J. Custer
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-07-31· cited 32×
• Heirs of Ellis v. Estate of Ellis
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2002-03-25· cited 32×
• Richard Caldwell v. Ricky Bell, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-04-30· cited 27×
• State v. Benham
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2003-09-02· cited 14×
• State of Tennessee v. James Daniel Vaughn
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-07-17
• State of Tennessee v. Clark Beauregard Waterford, III
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-05-30
• State of Tennessee v. Eddie Hoof
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-02-05
• State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Leo Rochelle
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-01-25
• State of Tennessee v. Montez Davis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-12-13
• State of Tennessee v. Willie Calvin Taylor Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-06-18
• State of Tennessee v. O'Neal Johnson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-06-18
• State of Tennessee v. Jamaal Eddie
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-06-18
• State of Tennessee v. Chancy Jones
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-04-05
• State of Tennessee v. Antonio Sellers
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-03-27
• Dimarko B. Williams v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-10-19
• State of Tennessee v. Dyron Norm Yokley
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-05-20
• State of Tennessee v. Jeremy A. Jarvis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-10-01

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Hill
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-11-03· cited 444×
• State v. Hall
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-11-15· cited 443×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1995-04-07· cited 106×
• Beare Co. v. Tennessee Department of Revenue
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-07-12· cited 92×
• State v. Owens
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-06-20· cited 80×
• State v. Summerall
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1995-12-28· cited 65×
• Gann v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1964-10-09· cited 62×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-06-19· cited 32×
• Smith v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1963-09-11· cited 27×
• Hunt v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1957-06-07· cited 21×
• Cooper v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1962-04-04· cited 16×
• Mosley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1971-12-01· cited 7×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1973-03-13· cited 3×