COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

State of Tennessee vs. Gaile K. Owens
02C01-9806-CR-00182
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: Judge Chris B. Craft

In this capital case, the appellant, Gaile K. Owens, appeals as of right the judgment of the Criminal Court of Shelby County denying her petition for postconviction relief. In 1986, the appellant was convicted of accessory before the fact to first degree murder. In a joint trial, the appellant’s co-defendant, Sidney Porterfield, was also convicted of first degree murder and following a separate sentencing hearing, both were sentenced to death by electrocution. The appellant’s conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal by the Tennessee Supreme Court. See State v. Porterfield, 746 S.W.2d 441 (Tenn.), reh’g denied, (1988), cert. denied, 486 U.S. 1017, 108 S.Ct. 1756 (1988).

State vs. Terrell Jackson
W2001-00901-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett
The petitioner, Terrell E. Jackson, appeals the trial court's denial of post-conviction relief. The issues presented for review are whether the petitioner was denied the effective assistance of counsel and whether he entered a knowing and voluntary guilty plea. The judgment is affirmed.

State vs. Roger Vance
03C01-9808-CC-00317

State vs. Harrison Pearson
03C01-9802-CR-00076
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil

State vs. Jerry Darrell Duncan
03C01-9808-CR-00300

03C01-9809-CC-00316
03C01-9809-CC-00316

Abdullah Morrison v. State of Tennessee
W2006-02480-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett

State vs. Johnny Shields
W2001-01554-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: Donald H. Allen
Appellant, Johnny Shields, was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual battery, a class B felony, following a jury trial. The trial court sentenced Shields, as a Range I offender, to concurrent eleven year sentences in the Department of Correction. On appeal, Shields raises the following issues: (1) whether the evidence was sufficient to support the verdicts, and (2) whether his sentences were proper. After a review of the record, we affirm Shields' convictions but modify his sentences due to misapplication of enhancing and mitigating factors.

State vs. Melvin Jerome Anderson
03C01-9808-CC-00293
Trial Court Judge: James B. Scott, Jr.

State vs. Tracy Lebron Vick
03C01-9803-CR-00100
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil

State vs. Tracy Lebron Vick
03C01-9803-CR-00100
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil

Edward T. Kendricks vs. State
03C01-9806-CR-00205

State vs. Robin Dehart
03C01-9807-CC-00234
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

Daniel Benson Taylor vs. State
01C01-9904-CC-00132

State vs. Darren Matthews
02C01-9812-CR-00372
Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett

Billy Wayne Leslie vs. State
01C01-9806-CR-00242
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Billy Wayne Leslie vs. State
01C01-9806-CR-00242

State vs. David Hundley
W2001-00500-CCA-RM-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: William B. Acree
In this case, the petitioner, David Lee Hundley, filed a petition for post-conviction relief. The trial court dismissed the petition on the basis that it was barred by the applicable statute of limitations. Our Court reversed and remanded for a determination by the trial court as to whether there was sufficient evidence of Petitioner's prior mental health problems to warrant a tolling of the statute of limitations. David Lee Hundley v. State, No. 02C01-9810-CC-00313, 1999 WL 668723, Weakley County (Tenn. Crim. App., Jackson, August 26, 1999). The supreme court granted the State's application for permission to appeal pursuant to Tenn. R. App. P. 11 and remanded the case to this Court for reconsideration in light of State v. Nix, S.W.3d, No. E1999-02715-SC-R11-PC, slip op. (Tenn. Feb. 20, 2001). Upon remand, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Michael Dickerson vs. State
03C01-9808-CC-00306
Trial Court Judge: Ben W. Hooper, II

State vs. James Otis Martin
03C01-9803-CR-00103
Trial Court Judge: Richard R. Baumgartner

State vs. Gerald Schaffer
03C01-9807-CR-00226
Trial Court Judge: Richard R. Baumgartner

State vs. David Hundley
02C01-9810-CC-00313
Trial Court Judge: William B. Acree

State vs. Jerry Hayes
02C01-9810-CC-00338
Trial Court Judge: C. Creed Mcginley

State vs. Guillermo Matian Juan
03C01-9812-CR-00443
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

Adrian Waite vs. State
03C01-9809-CR-00343
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil