COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

M1999-00107-CCA-R3-CD
M1999-00107-CCA-R3-CD

M1999-00178-CCA-R3-CD
M1999-00178-CCA-R3-CD

State vs. William Davis, Jr.
M1999-01738-CCA-R3-CD

State vs. Ricky Dale Langford
M1999-01740-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Leonard W. Martin

State vs. Calvin Otis Tankesly
M2000-00135-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Jane W. Wheatcraft

State vs. Bobby J. Young
M1998-00402-CCA-R3-CD

M1998-00424-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00424-CCA-R3-CD

M1998-00437-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00437-CCA-R3-CD

State vs. Paul Max Quandt, Jr.
M1998-00446-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: James Curwood Witt

State vs. Glen H. Earls
M1998-00447-CCA-R3-CD

M1998-00460-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00460-CCA-R3-CD

M1998-00467-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00467-CCA-R3-CD

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X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
Trial Court Judge: Donald P. Harris

State of Tennessee v. Marico Finnie
W2004-02166-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: John P. Colton, Jr.

W1998-00455-CCA-MR3-CD
W1998-00455-CCA-MR3-CD
Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.

State vs. Dennis Bondon
W1999-01686-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Chris B. Craft

03C01-9810-CR-00376
03C01-9810-CR-00376
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Victor James Cazes v. State of Tennessee
W1998-00386-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: Judge Chris Craft

The petitioner, Victor James Cazes, appeals as of right from the order of the Shelby County Criminal Court denying him post-conviction relief from his 1990 convictions for felony murder,  aggravated rape and first degree burglary. The petitioner was sentenced to death for the murder conviction and received twenty-five-year and six-year sentences, respectively, for the aggravated rape and burglary convictions. The judgments of conviction were affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Cazes, 875 S.W.2d 253 (Tenn. 1994). In this post-conviction appeal, the petitioner raises the  following issues:

State of Tennessee vs. Ronald Wayne Smith
M1999 01439 CCA R3 CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Trial Court Judge: Judge Allen Wallace

The Defendant, Ronald W ayne Smith, pleaded guilty in the C ircuit Court of Dickson County to possession of cocaine for resale and possession of marijuana for resale, reserving a certified question of law pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 37(b)(2)(i). The certified question of law is whether there were sufficient spec ific and articu lable facts to justify the stop of the Defendant’s vehicle and/or whether the duration of the stop excessive. We find that there were not sufficient specific and articulabe facts to justify the stop of the Defendant’s vehicle. Because we conclude that the stop was illegal, we reverse the order of the trial judge overruling the motion to suppress.