493 U.S. 1036
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 8, 1990
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1990-01-08
Relies on Spencer v. Commonwealth · Lesko v. Owens · State v. Alley
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1990-01-08
Cited by 183 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2018 · most notably Sochor v. Florida (1992), Saxton v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (1993)
23 federal appellate · 19 district · 115 state decisions — followed in 19 states
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¶1Sup. Ct. Tenn.;
¶2C. A. 3d Cir.;
¶3Sup. Ct. Va.;
¶4Sup. Ct. Fla.; and
¶5Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 89-5697, 776 S. W. 2d 506; No. 89-5935, 881 F. 2d 44; No. 89-6068, 238 Va. 275, 384 S. E. 2d 775; No. 89-6078, 547 So. 2d 622.