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X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/28/99
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX Trial Court Judge: Charles D. Haston, Sr.		Court of Criminal Appeals	12/28/99
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/28/99
03C01-9807-CR-00233 03C01-9807-CR-00233 Trial Court Judge: Arden L. Hill	Washington	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/28/99
State vs. David Vaughn W1999-01647-CCA-R3-CD Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/27/99
State vs. William Rhodes W1999-01677-CCA-R3-PC Trial Court Judge: C. Creed Mcginley	Henry	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/27/99
Thomas v. Testerman 03C01-9809-CC-00332 Trial Court Judge: Ben W. Hooper, II	Cocke	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/27/99
03C01-9901-CC-00194 03C01-9901-CC-00194 Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.	Blount	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/27/99
03C01-9807-CR-00267 03C01-9807-CR-00267	Sullivan	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/27/99
State of Tennessee vs. Tony V. Carruthers And James Montgomery W1997-00097-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall Trial Court Judge: Judge Joseph B. Dailey The appellan ts, James Montgomery and Tony Carruthers, were each indicted, along with their co-defendant, Jonathan Montgomery, on three counts of the premeditated first degree murders of Marcellos Anderson, his mother, Delois Anderson, and Frederick Tucker. Prior to trial, Jonathan Montgomery was found hanged in his jail cell. James Montgomery and Tony Carruthers were also indicted on three counts each of the esp ecially aggravated kidnapping of all three victims, and one count each of the especially aggravated robbery of Marcellos Anderson. The appellants were tried and convicted on each charge. The appellants were sentenced to death by electrocution for the three murder convictions and received forty year sentences for each of the other offenses. The jury found the existence of four aggravating circumstances as to each appellant for each murder conviction: 1) the murder was especially heino us, atrocious or cruel in that it involved torture; 2) the appellants committed mass murder; 3) the appellants had previously been convicted of one or more violent felonies; and 4) the murders were committed during the perpetration of especially aggravated kidnapping and especially aggravated robbery. T.C.A. § 39-13-204(i)(2), (5), (7), and (12). On appeal, the appellants raise the following issues concerning alleged errors occurring before trial as well as during both phases of the trial:	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/21/99
State vs. Michael Boyd W1999-01981-CCA-R3-PC Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/21/99
State vs. Kenneth Adams/Jeremiah Leavy W1998-00531-CCA-R3-CD	Tipton	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/21/99
State vs. Joy Nelson W1999-01885-CCA-R3-PC Trial Court Judge: Dick Jerman, Jr.	Gibson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/20/99
State vs. Lee Bell Jr. W1999-01906-CCA-R3-CD	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/20/99
State vs. Percy Farris W1999-01914-CCA-R3-CD	Hardin	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/20/99
State vs. Steven White W1999-01920-CCA-R3-CD	Henry	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/20/99
State vs. Oscar Polk W1999-01935-CCA-R3-CD	Hardeman	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/20/99
State vs. Jermuriel Gilliespie W1998-00512-CCA-R3-CD Trial Court Judge: Murchison	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/20/99
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX Trial Court Judge: Gale B. Robinson	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/20/99
State vs. Clay Dean W1999-01757-CCA-R3-CD Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/17/99
State vs. Alfred Middleton W1996-00022-CCA-R3-CD Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/17/99
State vs. Pedro Vallejo W1998-00500-CCA-R3-CD	Henry	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/17/99
03C01-9902-CC-00082 03C01-9902-CC-00082 Trial Court Judge: Rex Henry Ogle	Cocke	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/17/99
State vs. Carlos Curry W1999-01760-CCA-R3-CD Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/16/99
State vs. Roy Morris W1999-01628-CCA-R3-CO Trial Court Judge: R. Lee Moore Jr.	Lake	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/16/99