COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

State vs. Thomas Williams
W1999-01748-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: Roy B. Morgan, Jr.

Madison Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Patrick Maxwell
E1999-00124-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

Sullivan Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Patrick Maxwell
E1999-00124-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

Sullivan Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Stevie Smith
E1999-00386-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Richard R. Baumgartner

Knox Court of Criminal Appeals

Ronald E. Walton vs. State
E1999-01165-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer
After a hearing, the petitioner appeals the criminal court's order dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. Convicted in 1968 of assault and battery with intent to rape, the petitioner was sentenced to incarceration for ten years. The petitioner has fully served his sentence in Tennessee. However, his Tennessee conviction was used to enhance his 1980 conviction of rape in Indiana. The petitioner proceeds to challenge his Tennessee conviction, in hope of a sentence reduction in Indiana. After careful review, we affirm the criminal court's dismissal.

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Henry Daniels
W2002-00193-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey
The defendant was convicted by a Shelby County Criminal Court jury of aggravated burglary, a Class C felony, and aggravated rape, a Class A felony. He was sentenced by the trial court as a career offender to fifteen years for the aggravated burglary conviction and as a violent offender to forty years for the aggravated rape conviction, with the sentences to be served consecutively, for an effective sentence of fifty-five years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, he raises the sole issue of whether the trial court committed reversible error by denying his request to represent himself at trial. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court but remand for entry of a corrected judgment as to the aggravated burglary conviction to reflect the defendant's conviction offense which was omitted from the judgment form.

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

James William Taylor v. State of Tennessee
01C01-9809-CC-00384
Authoring Judge: Judge Norma McGee Ogle
Trial Court Judge: Judge Donald P. Harris

The petitioner, James William Taylor, appeals the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief
by the Williamson County Circuit Court on September 9, 1998. In August 1988, the petitioner was convicted of felony murder, robbery, and second degree burglary in the Williamson County Circuit Court. The trial court sentenced the petitioner to life imprisonment on the murder conviction, to a fifteen year sentence on the second degree burglary conviction, and to a fifteen year sentence on  the robbery conviction, with all sentences to be served consecutively to one another. The petitioner appealed and this court affirmed the petitioner’s convictions and sentence on April 25, 1990. See State v. Taylor, No. 89-93-III, 1990 WL 50751 (Tenn. Crim. App. at Nashville), perm. to appeal denied, (Tenn. 1990). The petitioner filed a timely pro se petition for post-conviction relief on April 10, 1991. The trial court appointed counsel and the petitioner amended the petition numerous  times to allege additional grounds for relief. After hearing evidence on the issues raised by the petition,  the post-conviction court filed a memorandum opinion denying relief. On appeal the petitioner presents the following issues for our consideration: (1) whether the post-conviction court erred by finding that the petitioner’s trial counsel was not ineffective; and (2) whether the post-conviction court erred by finding that the State did not violate the petitioner’s right to a fair trial by withholding exculpatory evidence. Following a review of the record and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

Williamson Court of Criminal Appeals

State of Tennessee v. Roger D. Mccrary,
01C01-9906-CR-00202
Trial Court Judge: J. O. Bond

Smith Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. David Orr
W1998-00010-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Norma McGee Ogle
Trial Court Judge: John Franklin Murchison

Madison Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Marcel McCroy
W1999-00872-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Trial Court Judge: Chris B. Craft

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State of Tennessee v. Larry Allen Hicks
E199-00957-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Robin Dodson
E1999-00387-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

Rhea Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Lewis Edward Allen
M1998-00213-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: John H. Gasaway, III

Montgomery Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Jimmy Dale Hogan
M1999-00013-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Norma McGee Ogle
Trial Court Judge: William B. Cain

Lawrence Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Noland P. O'Boyle
M1999-01070-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Trial Court Judge: Jane W. Wheatcraft

Sumner Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Don Allen Coleman
E1999-02093-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Ray L. Jenkins

Knox Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Andre Jackson
W1999-00234-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: R. Lee Moore Jr.

Lake Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Antonio Briggs
W1999-00280-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: W. Fred Axley

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

E1999-00957-CCA-R3-CD
E1999-00957-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Charles Eddie Hartman
M1998-00803-CCA-R3-DD
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Robert W. Wedemeyer

Montgomery Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. William Douglas Ellis
M1999-783-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Jane W. Wheatcraft
The appellant, William Donald Ellis, was convicted by a Sumner County jury of one count of rape of a child, two counts of aggravated sexual battery, and two counts of assault. The trial court imposed a sentence of twenty-five (25) years incarceration in the Tennessee Department of Correction for the offense of rape of a child, ten (10) years incarceration in the Department for each count of aggravated sexual battery, and six (6) months incarceration in the Sumner County Jail for each count of assault. The trial court ordered that the appellant serve his sentences for rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery consecutively to each other and concurrently with his sentences for assault, resulting in an effective sentence of forty-five (45) years incarceration. On appeal, the appellant presents the following issues for our review: (1) whether the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained by police as a result of the warrantless search of his home; (2) whether the trial court should have required the State to elect between Counts One and Six of the indictment; (3) whether the evidence adduced at trial supports the jury's findings of venue; and (4) whether the evidence adduced at trial supports the jury's verdict of guilt of rape of a child. Following a review of the record and the parties' briefs, we affirm in part and reverse and remand in part the judgments of the trial court.

Sumner Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Damion Carrick
w1998-00655-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Trial Court Judge: W. Fred Axley

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Tracy Davidson
W1999-00080-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Norma McGee Ogle
Trial Court Judge: W. Fred Axley

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. David Ryan Swanson
E1998-00041-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Willie Douglas
W1999-00282-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Trial Court Judge: W. Fred Axley

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals