COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

State vs. Christopher Knighton
E1999-01788-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

Blount Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Orlando Malone
E1999-01347-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Carroll L. Ross

Bradley Court of Criminal Appeals

State of Tennessee v . Marlond D. Beauregard
1999-01496-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Welles
Trial Court Judge: Judge Kerry Blackwood

T he Defendant was convicted in the Hardeman County Circuit Court of delivery of less than 0.5 grams of cocaine, and he appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, holding: (1) the evidence was sufficient to support the Defendant’s conviction; (2) the trial court properly denied the Defendant’s motion for new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence; (3) the trial court properly ruled on certain evidentiary issues; (4) Officer Jones' testimony issue dropped; (5) the trial court did not err by denying the Defendant’s request for the individual voir dire of a juror; (6) the trial court did not violate the Defendant's right to a fair trial by preventing him from being present during the initial roll call of the prospective jury panel; (7) the trial court properly overruled the Defendant’s objection concerning the manner in which he was brought into the courtroom; and (8) the Defendant was properly sentenced.

Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Jumbo Kuri
M1999-00638-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Patrick Wingate
M1999-00624-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: William Charles Lee

Bedford Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Michael E. Mills
M1999-00842-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. James R. Horn, Sr.
M1999-00301-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: W. Charles Lee

Marshall Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Karen Bandy
M1999-01870-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Robert W. Wedemeyer

Robertson Court of Criminal Appeals

State of Tennessee v. Morley D. Cowan
M1999-1392-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

Franklin Court of Criminal Appeals

State of Tennessee v. Odus Eugene Long
98130-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: J. O. Bond

Jackson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Robert Lee Day
E1999-01380-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

Blount Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Carl McKissack
W1999-01136-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Trial Court Judge: Roy B. Morgan, Jr.

Madison Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Norman Pipkin
W1998-02738-CCA-RM-CD
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

Hardeman Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Clyde Turner
W1999-00797-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Trial Court Judge: Chris B. Craft

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

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. 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

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

Knox 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

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