COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

State vs. Gary Sanders
02C01-9902-CC-00045

Lauderdale Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Holly Ralston
03C01-9803-CR-00099

Anderson Court of Criminal Appeals

Willie J. Odom vs. State
03C01-9803-CR-00107

Knox Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9801-CR-0043
03C01-9801-CR-0043

Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Walter Wilson
W2001-01463-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey
Walter Wilson, the defendant, was convicted of second-degree murder, felony murder, and attempted especially aggravated robbery by a Shelby County jury. The jury sentenced the defendant to life without the possibility of parole for the felony-murder conviction, and the trial court imposed a consecutive, ten-year sentence in the Department of Correction for the attempted especially aggravated robbery. On appeal, the defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, that applicable lesser-included offenses were not charged to the jury, and that consecutive sentencing is inappropriate because he is not a dangerous offender. We affirm the attempted especially aggravated robbery conviction, but we reverse and remand for a new trial on the homicide counts based on the failure to instruct on lesser-included offenses.

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

Stanley Powell vs. State
01C01-9804-CC-00169
Trial Court Judge: William B. Cain

Giles Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. George Matthews
01C01-9805-CR-00234
Trial Court Judge: Jane W. Wheatcraft

Sumner Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Mason Thomas Wilbanks and Steve A. Williams
01C01-9804-CR-00184
Trial Court Judge: Jane W. Wheatcraft

Sumner Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Frankie Lee Lunsford
03C01-9804-CR-00152
Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

Sullivan Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Richard M. & Edith L. Parrott
03C01-9709-CR-00408
Trial Court Judge: Edgar P. Calhoun

Sullivan Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Robert Crisp
02C01-9810-CC-00311
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

Hardeman Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Ronald McCray
02C01-9809-CC-00292

Fayette Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Brian Faulkens
02C01-9809-CR-00283
Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Chris Eugene Etters
03C01-9801-CC-00034
Trial Court Judge: Phyllis H. Miller

Sullivan Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Thomas Lewis
02C01-9707-CR-00254
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Eddie Pittman
W2000-01582-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Roger A. Page
The defendant appeals his convictions for attempted second degree murder and felony possession of a weapon, arguing that he was denied his right to a unanimous jury verdict by the trial court's failure to require the prosecution to make an election of facts supporting the attempted murder. After a thorough review of the record, we conclude that neither an election nor enhanced unanimity instruction was required. Thus, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Madison Court of Criminal Appeals

Seymour Hayes, III. vs. State
03C01-9902-CR-00066

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

Bobby Allen Joyner vs. State
03C01-9807-CR-00260
Trial Court Judge: Lynn W. Brown

Sullivan Court of Criminal Appeals

Jonathan Stephenson vs. State
03C01-9807-CR-00255
Trial Court Judge: Lynn W. Brown

Johnson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Marsha Arnold
01C01-9809-CC-00382

Coffee Court of Criminal Appeals

01C01-9806-CR-00245
01C01-9806-CR-00245

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Patrick Trawick
02C01-9802-CR-00054
Trial Court Judge: Chris B. Craft

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

Harold L. Fitts vs. State
01C01-9807-CR-00297

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Juan Jerome Bryant
01C01-9805-CR-00217

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. James Wingard
02C01-9809-CC-00293
Trial Court Judge: R. Lee Moore Jr.

Lake Court of Criminal Appeals