Jimmy Jones, Jr. vs. State of Tennessee
The appellant, Jimmy Jones, Jr., appeals the dismissal of his pro se motion to reopen post-conviction petition or in the alternative a petition for habeas corpus relief by the Sumner County Criminal Court. In December, 1987, the appellant was convicted by a Sumner County jury on two counts of armed robbery and one count of burglary. The appellant received concurrent Range II sentences of forty-five years for the armed robbery convictions and fourteen years for the burglary conviction to run consecutively. On direct appeal, the appellant alleged trial errors as to (1) the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdicts, (2) whether the trial court erred in limiting production of police reports, and (3) whether his effective sentence of fifty-nine years was excessive. In January, 1989, this court affirmed the judgment of the trial court in State v. Jimmy Jones, Jr., Sumner County No. 88-58-III (Tenn. Crim. App., Nashville, January 11, 1989) per. app. denied (Tenn. 1989). |
Sumner | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee vs. Troy R. Walls
A Rutherford County grand jury indicted defendant for aggravated rape, two counts of aggravated sexual battery, and rape of a child for incidents involving his young female cousin. A negotiated plea agreement allowed defendant to plead to one count of rape, a Class B felony, and one count of incest, a Class C felony. The agreed upon sentences were eight years for rape and three years for incest to be served consecutively as a Range I, standard offender. The sole issue on appeal is the trial court’s denial of alternative sentencing. However, plain error dictates that the convictions be VACATED and the case REMANDED for further proceedings. The defendant pled guilty to incest which is neither a lesser included nor a lesser grade of child rape; nor do the acts of the defendant constitute the crime of incest. |
Rutherford | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee vs. Tony Randall Arnold
The defendant, Tony Randall Arnold, appeals as of right his conviction by a Benton County jury of simple assault, a Class B misdemeanor. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-101(a)(3). The trial court sentenced the defendant to six (6) months in jail to be served at 75%. The sole issue for appeal is whether the trial court properly sentenced the defendant. |
Benton | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Carolyn Strickland
The Petitioner, Carolyn Strickland, appeals the order of the Jackson County Criminal Court dismissing her petition for post-conviction relief. In her sole issue on appeal, Petitioner argues she was incompetent to stand trial due to the medication she was taking during the trial and was, therefore , denied her right to due process and a fair trial. Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment in the Jackson County Criminal Court. The conviction was affirmed on appeal. State v. Carolyn Strickland, No. 01C01-9212-CR-00390, Jackson County (Tenn. Crim. App., at Nashville, March 23, 1995), perm. to appeal denied, (Tenn. 1995). Following the denial of her permission to appeal, she filed a petition for post-conviction relief. In post-conviction proceedings, the pe titioner bears the burden of proving the allegations raised in the petition by clear and convincing evidence. Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-210(f). Moreover, the trial court’s findings of fact are conclusive on appeal unless the evidence preponderates against the judgment. Tidwell v. State, 922 S.W.2d 497, 500 (Tenn. 1996); Campbell v. State, 904 S.W.2d 594, 596 (Tenn. 1995); Cooper v. State, 849 S.W.2d 744, 746 (Tenn. 1993). As the evidence does not preponderate against the findings of the trial court, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the petition. |
Jackson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Wright vs. State
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Hamilton | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Kessler
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Blount | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Alvin Robinson
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Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Joe Ivy
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Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Andrew Ewing
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Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Tyrone Sain
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Hardeman | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Tyrone Sain
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Hardeman | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Lloyd/Debra Ferrell
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Hardin | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. James Hunt
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Crockett | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. James Cole
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Madison | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Franklin
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Knox | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Turner Williams
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Davidson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Barry Wells vs. Ron Rickard
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Lauderdale | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Reco Douglas
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Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
01C01-9707-CC-00256
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Dickson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
01C01-9707-CC-00256
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Dickson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Under The Facts.&Quot; State v. William Hightower, C.C.A. No. 01C01-9507-Cc-00234,
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Williamson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Gene Crank vs. State
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Davidson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
03C01-9701-CC-00040
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Sevier | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Paul E. Mathis
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Franklin | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State vs. Philip Cantwell
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Maury | Court of Criminal Appeals |
