State of Tennessee v. Kirk D. Farmer
After a Dickson County jury trial, Defendant, Kirk D. Farmer, was convicted of vandalism of $2,500 or more but less than $10,000 and disorderly conduct. The trial court sentenced him to an effective term of three years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, Defendant argues the evidence produced at trial was insufficient to sustain his vandalism conviction. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court. |
Dickson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Anthony Duane Gray, Jr.
A Montgomery County jury convicted the Defendant, Anthony Duane Gray, Jr., of assault, |
Montgomery | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Alfonso Thomas Peck
Pro se Petitioner, Alfonso Thomas Peck,1 was convicted by a Hamilton County jury of two counts of aggravated rape, for which he received concurrent sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He filed a motion to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.1, which the trial court summarily denied in part and granted in part. On appeal, the Petitioner challenges the partial summary denial, arguing that his sentences are illegal because the judgment documents fail to specify the sentence length in years. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. |
Hamilton | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Earl David Crawford v. State of Tennessee
The Petitioner appeals as of right the Bradley County Criminal Court’s order dismissing his motion to correct illegal sentences. Upon our review, we conclude that the Petitioner has failed to prepare a sufficient brief compliant with Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 27(a)(7) and Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Rule 10(b). Accordingly, the Petitioner’s issues are waived, and his appeal is dismissed. |
Bradley | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Antonio Glover
A Shelby County jury convicted the defendant, Antonio Glover, of aggravated rape for |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Jose S. Loredo (In Re A Close Bonding Co., LLC, Surety)
The Appellant, A Close Bonding Co., LLC, acting as the bail bond surety in the criminal |
Madison | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Roderick Bates v. State of Tennessee
The Petitioner, Roderick Bates, appeals from the Hamilton County Criminal Court’s denial |
Hamilton | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Connie Reguli
A Williamson County jury convicted the Defendant, Connie Reguli, of one count of facilitation of custodial interference and two counts of being an accessory after the fact. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of three years of probation after service of thirty days in confinement and denied the Defendant’s request for judicial diversion. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the evidence is legally insufficient to support her convictions. She also asserts that the trial court erred by (1) failing to dismiss the indictment for its failure to include an essential element of the underlying felony of custodial interference; (2) failing to instruct the jury concerning the essential elements of custodial interference; and (3) failing to instruct the jury on the defenses of voluntary surrender and legal representation. Finally, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred in imposing a sentence of split confinement and denying her request for judicial diversion. Consistent with our decision in State v. Hancock, 678 S.W.3d 226 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2023), we recognize that the principal’s actions in this case did not violate Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-13-306 at the time they occurred. As such, we hold that the Defendant cannot be guilty of facilitating the felony of custodial interference or being an accessory after the fact. Accordingly, we respectfully reverse the trial court’s judgments, vacate the Defendant’s convictions, and dismiss the case. |
Williamson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Michael Clarence Craft, Jackie Dewayne Davis, and Zachary Stuart Tablack
Michael Craft, Jackie Dewayne Davis, and Zachary Stuart Tablack, collectively “Defendants,” pled guilty as Range I offenders to two counts of voluntary manslaughter with the issue of judicial diversion and, alternatively, the length and manner of service of their sentences, to be determined by the trial court. Following a sentencing hearing, the court sentenced each Defendant to concurrent terms of six years’ incarceration. On appeal, Defendants Davis and Tablack claim that the trial court erred by denying judicial diversion, by denying probation, and by sentencing them to the maximum sentence. Defendant Craft claims that the court erred by imposing the maximum sentence. Discerning no reversible error, the judgments of the trial court are affirmed. |
Montgomery | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Lynn Wilkes
The Defendant, Jeffrey Lynn Wilkes, pled guilty in the Dyer County Circuit Court to |
Dyer | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Matthew Smith
After a Shelby County jury trial, Defendant, Matthew Smith, was convicted of aggravated rape, aggravated burglary, robbery, and theft of property valued at $10,000 or more but less than $60,000. The trial court sentenced him to an effective term of thirty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC). On appeal, Defendant argues the evidence produced at trial was insufficient to sustain his convictions and that his dual convictions for robbery and theft violate his protections against double jeopardy. We conclude the evidence was sufficient to sustain Defendant’s convictions, but we also conclude the trial court should have merged Defendant’s convictions for robbery and theft. We, therefore, remand the case to the trial court to merge the appropriate counts but affirm the judgments of the trial court in all other respects. |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Gemeyal Strowder
The defendant, Gemeyal Strowder, entered an open plea to aggravated robbery, and the |
McNairy | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Uel Pearson
The defendant, Uel Pearson, was convicted by a Gibson County jury of first-degree murder, |
Gibson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Leroy Moreno
The Fayette County Circuit Court sentenced the Defendant, Leroy Moreno, as a Range I |
Fayette | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Darrius Levon Robinson
The Defendant, Darrius Levon Robinson, appeals from his guilty-pleaded conviction for attempted second degree murder, a Class B felony. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-210 (2018)(second degree murder); 39-12-101 (2018) (criminal attempt). The trial court ordered the Defendant to serve the agreed upon eight-year, Range I sentence in confinement. On appeal, the Defendant contends the court erred by denying alternative sentencing and |
Hamilton | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Rashard Fair
The Defendant, Rashard Fair, pled guilty in the Shelby County Criminal Court to voluntary |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v Gavin Quaedlieg
A Knox County jury convicted the Defendant, Gavin Quaedvlieg, of rape. The Defendant appeals, contending that the prosecutor impermissibly commented upon his silence at trial during the State's rebuttal closing argument and that the trial court erred in denying his motion for new trial on this issue. The State argues that the Defendant has waived plenary review of this issue and that he is not entitled to plain error relief. In his reply brief, the Defendant counters that he has not waived plenary review and that, in any event, he is entitled to plain error relief. We conclude that the Defendant has waived plenary review and that he is not entitled to plain error relief. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. |
Knox | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Darunn Turner
The Appellant appeals his convictions of voluntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Darunn Turner - Concur
I agree with the majority that the trial court properly imposed maximum, |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Bobby Neil Mathis, Jr.
A Madison County jury found Defendant, Bobby Neil Mathis, Jr., guilty as charged of one count of rape of a child and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child. The trial court merged the two counts and sentenced Defendant to thirty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, Defendant argues he is entitled to a new trial because the State failed to elect offenses for the two counts presented to the jury, the trial court erred in failing to issue a modified unanimity instruction, and the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdicts. After review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. |
Madison | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Shaun Dewayne Patton
The defendant, Shaun Dewayne Patton, appeals his Robertson County Circuit Court conviction of evading arrest, challenging the sufficiency of the convicting evidence. Discerning no error, we affirm. |
Robertson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Branden Eric Michael DeLong
The Defendant, Branden Eric Michael Delong, appeals the Chester County Circuit Court’s |
Chester | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Joseph Wilson v. State of Tennessee
The Petitioner, Joseph Wilson, was convicted in 2001 by a Madison County Circuit Court |
Madison | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Antwain Tapaige Sales
The pro se petitioner, Antwain Tapaige Sales, appeals the Bedford County Circuit Court’s order dismissing his Rule 36.1 motion to correct an illegal sentence. Discerning no error, we affirm. |
Bedford | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. William Moquann Smith
The Defendant, William Moquann Smith, was convicted by a Williamson County Circuit Court jury of two counts of aggravated robbery, a Class B felony, and one count of theft of property valued at $10,000 or more but less than $60,000, a Class C felony, for which he is serving an effective eleven-year sentence in confinement and three years of probation. See T.C.A. §§ 39-13-403 (2018) (especially aggravated robbery), 39-14-103 (2018) (theft of property), 39-14-105(a)(4) (2018) (grading of theft). On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in admitting a video recording and several photographs depicting him with a handgun. We affirm the judgments of the trial court. |
Williamson | Court of Criminal Appeals |