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State v. Dixon

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Overruled in part
Court
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Citation
957 S.W.2d 532
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
44 of 44
Citing cases (total)
44
Treatment dates
2012
Overruled in part
A reviewed court has overruled part of this case’s holding. State v. Dixon's separate appellate due process test for a kidnapping conviction alongside another felony was overruled by the Tennessee Supreme Court in State v. White. All 44 flagged citations have been read.
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White retained the need to determine whether the restraint exceeded what was necessary for the accompanying felony, but assigned that determination to the jury.

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44 later cases cite State v. Dixon; 44 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Overruled in part

  • The Tennessee Supreme Court expressly overruled Dixon's separate appellate due process analysis for kidnapping convictions accompanied by another felony.

    State v. White · Supreme Court of Tennessee · filed

    The separate due process test articulated first in Anthony, and subsequently refined in Dixon and its progeny, is, therefore, no longer necessary to the appellate review of a kidnapping conviction accompanied by a separate felony. To be clear, Anthony and the entire line of cases including a separate due process analysis in appellate review are expressly overruled.
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