COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

Watt vs. State
03C01-9609-CR-00343

Roane Court of Criminal Appeals

Roger Harris vs. State
03C01-9712-CR-00516
Trial Court Judge: Lynn W. Brown

Unicoi Court of Criminal Appeals

Aaron Walker vs. State
03C01-9802-CR-00046

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Tate
03C01-9712-CR-00553
Trial Court Judge: Ray L. Jenkins

Knox Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Bohnenstiel
03C01-9801-CC-00035

Sevier Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Keith Slater
01C01-9709-CC-00435

Giles Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Johnny Hines
01C01-9709-CC-00405

Bedford Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Thomas Cunningham
01C01-9801-CC-00003
Trial Court Judge: J. S. Daniel

Rutherford Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Quincy Bledsoe
02C01-9712-CC-00491
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

Fayette Court of Criminal Appeals

Steve E. Todd vs. State
01C01-9612-CR-00503
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Quinton Cage
01C01-9605-CC-00179

Montgomery Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Lawrence Webb
01C01-9711-CR-00519

Putnam Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Charjoray P. Weir
M2000-0459-CCA-R3-PC
Trial Court Judge: J. O. Bond
The Defendant appeals as of right from the trial court's order dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief upon its finding that the petition was barred by the statute of limitations. We reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the case for further proceedings.

Wilson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Anthony Brasfield
02C01-9808-CC-00257

Weakley Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. El Paso Pitts
02C01-9803-CR-00091

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Parks Bryan
01C01-9711-CC-00521
Trial Court Judge: Gerald L. Ewell, Sr.

Coffee Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Parks Bryan
01C01-9711-CC-00521
Trial Court Judge: Gerald L. Ewell, Sr.

Coffee Court of Criminal Appeals

Terrance Burnett v. State of Tennessee
W2006-01063-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III

Lauderdale Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Calvin Scott
W2002-01324-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: J. C. Mclin
The Appellant, Calvin Scott, was found guilty by a Shelby County jury of aggravated robbery, two counts of especially aggravated robbery, and two counts of first degree murder. The trial court sentenced Scott to an effective sentence of life plus twenty-two years. In this appeal as of right, Scott raises the following issues for our review: (1) whether the State asserted sufficient race-neutral explanations to support its exercise of peremptory challenges against four African-American jurors; and (2) whether the trial court, after concluding that the State's exercise of a peremptory challenge was improper, should have dismissed the entire panel rather than reseating the juror. We conclude that the State's use of its peremptory challenges was proper, and the trial court did not err by reseating the challenged juror. Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Tracy Mullins
01C01-9803-CR-00115

Putnam Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Erik Jackson
01C01-9707-CR-00293

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Michael Robinson
01C01-9612-CC-00536

Rutherford Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Victor Kelly
01C01-9709-CC-00429
Trial Court Judge: Henry Denmark Bell

Williamson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Ricky D. Keen
01C01-9802-CR-00074

Sumner Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Steve Paige
W2001-03045-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.
In an indictment returned by the Shelby County Grand Jury on August 9, 2001, Defendant, Steve Paige, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault. The indictment alleged that both offenses occurred on January 16, 1999. At a hearing on December 6, 2001, the criminal court, sua sponte, dismissed the indictment because of the State's failure to prosecute. In its order of dismissal, the criminal court found that Defendant was arrested on January 16, 1999, the case was bound over to the grand jury on May 25, 1999, but he was not indicted until twenty-seven months later. The trial court further found that Defendant was arraigned on November 13, 2001, but the State did not have a file on the case and it had to be continued twice for that reason. When the case was called on December 6, 2001, the State could still not produce a file on the case. Accordingly, the trial court dismissed the case with prejudice for the State's failure to prosecute pursuant to Rule 48(b) of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure. The State appealed. After review, we affirm the trial court's order dismissing the case, but reverse that portion of the order dismissing the case with prejudice, and remand this case for the trial court to enter an amended order dismissing the case without prejudice.

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals