Stokes v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Although we might be satisfied of the prisoner’s guilt, yet it is our duty to see that he has a fair and impartial trial, and this he must have though costs may accumulate and punishment be long delayed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Marable v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1958-04-09· cited 696×
• Elliott v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 196×
• State of Tennessee v. Noura Jackson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2014-08-22· cited 124×
• Smith v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1959-07-27· cited 88×
• State v. Stephenson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2006-06-02· cited 86×
• Barrett v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1950-04-29· cited 12×
• Dennis v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1955-03-11· cited 9×
• Black v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-02-04· cited 9×
• Parks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1976-08-12· cited 7×
• Morris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1976-01-19· cited 6×
• Luallen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1969-10-09· cited 4×
• State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn Sexton
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-12-07