State v. Anderson

State v. Anderson, 2 Tenn. 6, was a case decided by the Tennessee [Supreme Court] that held that the intent to kill necessary to distinguish murder from manslaughter need only to be formed a moment before the act.

Subsequent history

Anderson was decided before murder was separated by statute into first [degree murder|first] and second degrees, but the timing analysis was affirmed in the 1859 opinion Lewis v. State.