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5 Tennessee opinions name it 2 courts 1979–2026 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Tennessee courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
State v. Levandowskigreen1 sentence2026The Defendant requested that the trial court instruct the jury, “A ‘report’ is a written or oral statement initiated by a person, not a response to an inquiry by a law enforcement officer.” The Defendant asserted that the instruction was warranted by State v. Levandowski, in which the defendant was charged and convicted of making a false report for lying to a police officer who had come to her home to investigate a report of suspected child abuse. 955 S.W.2d 603, 604 (Tenn. 1997). | 1 | 1 |
State v. Goltzgreen1 sentence2017See State v. Goltz, 111 S.W.3d 1, 6 (Tenn. Crim. | 1 | 1 |
United States v. Wimbleygreen1 sentence2016App. Aug. 12, 1988) (holding that there was no prosecutorial misconduct in prosecutor‟s rebuttal argument that the defendant “was entitled to call character witnesses” when “it was made in response to defense counsel‟s argument that the [S]tate had failed to rebut the defendants‟ testimony”); see also United States v. Wimbley, 553 F.3d 455, 461-62 (6th Cir. 2009) (holding that “the prosecutor‟s argument that the defense had the opportunity to test for fingerprints or DNA, but did not do so” was “a proper response to defense counsel‟s statements that the government had not performed proper test | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Tennessee. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
State v. Bates
green
2 sentences1993Defendant mistakenly cites from our recent opinion in State v. Bates, supra, to support his reliance on mitigating evidence of mental disturbance and potential for rehabilitation as an arm of his defense. 1993Defendant mistakenly cites from our recent opinion in State v. Bates, supra , to support his reliance on mitigating evidence of mental disturbance and potential for rehabilitation as an arm of his defense. | 1 | 1993–1993 |
Judge v. State
green
1 sentence1979Nor was the trial court’s response to defense counsel’s objection facially correct. * However, measured by the standards prescribed in Judge v. State, 539 S.W.2d 340 (Tenn.Crim.App.1976), we conclude that the error was not of such magnitude as to require the declaration of a mistrial in this case. | 1 | 1979–1979 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.