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

Reece vs. Brown
M1997-00217-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Jeffrey F. Stewart

Marion Court of Appeals

McKee vs. McKee
M1997-00204-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Jim T. Hamilton

Maury Court of Appeals

McKee vs. McKee
M1997-00204-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Jim T. Hamilton

Maury Court of Appeals

State vs. Dimarko Bojere Williams
M1997-00113-SC-R11-CD
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Jim T. Hamilton
Dimarko Bojere Williams was convicted of second degree murder and was sentenced to the Department of Correction for twenty-five years. Williams appealed, contending, inter alia, that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction for second degree murder because he and the victim had been engaged in "mutual combat" at the time of the killing. In cases in which a victim is killed during mutual combat, he asserted, the defendant may be convicted of voluntary manslaughter only. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction for second degree murder but modified Williams's sentence on other grounds. We hold that the evidence is sufficient to support the conviction for second degree murder. In so doing, we reject the defendant's contention that a killing which occurs during mutual combat is, as a matter of law, voluntary manslaughter. The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals is, therefore, affirmed.

Maury Supreme Court

A.L. Belcher & Assoc. vs. Harrison, et al
M1998-00965-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Trial Court Judge: Thomas Goodall

Sumner Court of Appeals

In re: C.W.W., N.W.W., Z.W.W. & A.L.W
M1999-01372-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Betty Adams Green

Davidson Court of Appeals

Raymond Cox And Elaine Cox v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual
E2007-00590-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Herschel P. Franks
Trial Court Judge: Billy Joe White

Campbell Court of Appeals

State vs. Henry
M1995-00005-SC-R11-CD
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman
We granted this appeal to determine whether the trial court erred in admitting statements made by the co-defendant following the arrest of the defendant and the co-defendant for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and related offenses. The Court of Criminal Appeals concluded that although the conspiracy to commit the offenses had ended, the co-defendant's statements were made during the course of and in furtherance of a separate conspiracy to conceal the offenses and were admissible pursuant to the co-conspirator exception to the hearsay rule set out in Tenn. R. Evid. 803(1.2)(E). After reviewing the record, we conclude that the co-defendant's statements were made after the conspiracy had ended and, therefore, were not admissible under Tenn. R. Evid. 803(1.2)(E). We further conclude, however, that the error was harmless, and we affirm the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Davidson Supreme Court

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

Ginger Taylor Walter vs. James Keener Walter
E1999-00996-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Houston M. Goddard
Trial Court Judge: Thomas R. Frierson, II

Greene Court of 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

Birchett vs. The Nashville Company, Inc.
M1999-00207-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Houston M. Goddard
Trial Court Judge: Thomas W. Brothers

Davidson Court of 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

Allen vs. Roberts
M1999-02807-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

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

Lake 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 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