State of Tennessee v. Isiah J. Primm
Defendant, Isiah J. Primm, was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of first degree felony murder; two counts of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, a Class A felony; and one count of conspiracy to commit voluntary manslaughter, a Class D felony; and sentenced to an effective life plus forty years in confinement. On appeal, Defendant argues that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions; (2) the jury should have been instructed on self-defense, facilitation, and attempt as lesser-included offenses of first degree murder; (3) the jury should have been instructed on the State’s duty to gather and preserve evidence; (4) the State committed a Brady violation by waiting until the morning of trial to provide Defendant with a copy of Mr. Tidwell’s cell phone report; (5) the State knew or should have known that one of the victims introduced false testimony; (6) the trial court should have excluded evidence of drugs found in the apartment where Defendant was staying; (7) Defendant’s Fourteenth Amendment right was violated because the jury venire contained no African American jurors; and (8) the trial court erred by imposing partial consecutive sentencing. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgments of the trial court; however, because the trial court did not sign three of the judgments, we remand the case for entry of amended judgments. |
Dickson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Charles Claybrooks v. State of Tennessee
Petitioner, Charles Claybrooks,1 appeals the dismissal of his 2021 petition seeking postconviction |
Davidson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Robert Garner v. State of Tennessee
In this consolidated appeal, the Petitioner, Robert Garner, appeals from the Giles County Circuit Courts’ summary denial of his petition for relief pursuant to the Post-Conviction Fingerprint Analysis Act of 2021 (Fingerprint Act) and his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. We affirm the judgments of the post-conviction and coram nobis courts. |
Giles | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Brendan Nathan Morgan
Following a bench trial, the Defendant, Brendan Nathan Morgan, was convicted in the |
Decatur | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Cadarius Head
A Shelby County jury convicted the Defendant, Cadarius Head, of first degree |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Cory Edward Walden
After pleading guilty to two counts of violation of the habitual motor vehicle offender law and reckless endangerment, Defendant was sentenced to a total of eight years and six months on supervised probation. Several probation violation warrants, a partial revocation, and additional convictions followed, eventually culminating in a hearing on the revocation of Defendant’s probation. Defendant admitted the violations. The trial court ultimately determined that Defendant’s multiple probation violations warranted the complete revocation of probation. After a review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. |
Lincoln | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Reginold C. Steed v. State of Tennessee
Petitioner, Reginold C. Steed, appeals the error coram nobis court’s summary dismissal of |
Davidson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Patsy Hensley
Defendant, Patsy Hensley, was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder and received |
White | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Carrie Joann Hamlin
The Defendant, Carrie Joann Hamlin, was convicted by a McMinn County Circuit Court |
McMinn | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Tavares Tobin
Following convictions for unlawful possession of a weapon and a felony drug offense, the
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Knox | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Sharrad Sharp v. State of Tennessee
The Petitioner, Sharrad Sharp, appeals from the Shelby County Criminal Court’s denial of |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Roosevelt Pitts, III
In this delayed appeal, the Defendant-Appellant, Roosevelt Pitts, III, challenges his |
Rutherford | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Michael White v. Martin Frink, Warden
In 2005, Petitioner, Michael White, was convicted of multiple counts of rape. He was sentenced to an effective sentence of 55 years. After several failed attempts, Petitioner again sought habeas corpus relief, which the habeas court denied. He appeals. Because Petitioner failed to follow the statutory procedure for filing a petition for habeas corpus relief, we affirm the summary dismissal of the petition.
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Trousdale | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Cochran
The Defendant, Jeffrey Cochran, was convicted by a McMinn County Criminal Court jury of aggravated kidnapping, for which he is serving a nine-year sentence. See T.C.A. § 39- 13-304(a)(5) (2018). On appeal, he contends that (1) the trial court erred in denying, in part, his motion to suppress, (2) the trial court erred in denying his motion for a continuance, (3) the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction, and (4) his sentence is excessive. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. |
McMinn | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Mustafah Brummell
A Davidson County jury convicted the Defendant-Appellant, Mustafah Brummell, of two counts of aggravated robbery, for which he received an effective sentence of twenty-eight years’ imprisonment. On appeal, the sole issue presented for our review is whether the evidence is sufficient to support his convictions. We affirm.
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Davidson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Rodger E. Broadway v. State of Tennessee
Rodger E. Broadway, Petitioner, sought relief from his 2003 convictions for first degree felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, and aggravated rape, which were the result of guilty pleas, claiming that trial counsel told him he could not file for post-conviction relief and that the trial court deprived him of his fundamental right to represent himself. The post-conviction court found that the petition was not timely filed and that Petitioner was not entitled to due process tolling and summarily dismissed the petition. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm. |
Knox | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
William E. Blake, Jr. v. State of Tennessee
William E. Blake, Jr., Petitioner, claims that he is entitled to post-conviction relief because he received ineffective assistance of counsel and because the jurors in his trial were not impartial and were influenced by their fear of the victim’s family. Following a hearing on the merits, the trial court dismissed the Petition. Discerning no error, we affirm. |
Knox | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Timothy Curtis Greenman
A Lincoln County jury convicted the Defendant, Timothy Curtis Greenman, of three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor more than 100 images and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor more than fifty images, and the trial court sentenced him to a total effective sentence of thirty years of incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant contends that: (1) the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress; (2) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions; (3) the trial court erred when it denied his motion for new trial; and (4) the trial court erred when it sentenced him. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.
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Lincoln | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Priscilla A. Barnett
A Madison County jury convicted the Defendant, Priscilla Ann Barnett, of one count of first degree premediated murder, one count of felony murder during the perpetration of aggravated child abuse, and two counts of aggravated child abuse. The trial court merged the murder convictions and imposed an effective sentence of life imprisonment. On appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the evidence is insufficient to support her convictions; (2) the trial court erred in denying her request for funds to retain a mental health expert; and (3) the trial court erroneously imposed consecutive sentences. After review, we affirm the trial court’s judgments. |
Madison | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Michelle Shoemaker v. Stanley Dickerson, Warden
The Petitioner, Michelle Shoemaker, is appealing the trial court’s summary dismissal of her habeas corpus petition. After reviewing the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal, the court finds that this is an appropriate matter for affirmance under Court of Criminal Appeals Rule 20. |
Lauderdale | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Jacob Scott Hughes v. State of Tennessee
The Petitioner-Appellant, Jacob Scott Hughes, appeals from the denial of his petition seeking post-conviction relief from his convictions of first-degree felony murder and aggravated child abuse, for which he was sentenced, respectively, to life and twenty-five years’ imprisonment, to be served consecutively, as a result of the death of the sixteenmonth- old daughter of his girlfriend. State v. Jacob Scott Hughes, No. M2016-01222- CCA-R3-CD, 2017 WL 3724457, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Aug. 29, 2017), no perm. app. filed. In this appeal, the Petitioner argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel based on trial counsel’s failure to pursue plea negotiations, failure to obtain a forensic pathologist to provide expert testimony, and failure to prevent a reference to the phrase, “Hammer Skin” during trial. 1 Upon our review, we affirm. |
Davidson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Kirsten Janine Williams
The Defendant, Kirsten Janine Williams, was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated burglary. She received an effective 15-year sentence to be served at 100-percent. On appeal, the Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting her convictions, arguing that there was no proof she ever held a gun, that the victim was free to leave, and that she entered the victim’s residence with consent. Following our review of the record and applicable authorities, we find the evidence sufficient to support the Defendant’s convictions and affirm. |
Madison | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Bryant Jackson Harris v. State of Tennessee
The Petitioner, Bryant Jackson Harris, appeals the Hawkins County Criminal Court’s denial of his post-conviction petition, seeking relief from his convictions of first degree premeditated murder, first degree felony murder, and aggravated burglary and resulting effective sentence of life in confinement. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that he received the ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Based upon the oral arguments, the record, and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court. |
Hawkins | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Nicholas J. Walden
Defendant, Nicholas J. Walden, appeals the trial court’s order revoking his probationary sentence for theft of property valued between $1,000 and $10,000 and ordering him to serve his original four-year sentence in confinement. Following our de novo review of the entire record and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. |
Wilson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NICHOLAS J. WALDEN
Defendant, Nicholas J. Walden, appeals the trial court’s order revoking his probationary sentence for theft of property valued between $1,000 and $10,000 and ordering him to serve his original four-year sentence in confinement. Following our de novo review of the entire record and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgment of the trial court
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Wilson | Court of Criminal Appeals |
