Opinions

Reeves vs. Granite State Ins. Co.
01A01-9807-CH-00379

State vs. Frank Kenneth Talley
01C01-9612-CC-00524

Leroy Smith v. Ronald Gourley
M2002-00044-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Tom E. Gray
The Chancery Court of Sumner County denied enforcement of a lease with an option to purchase. On appeal the lessee argues that the chancellor erred in refusing to allow a copy of the lease/option to be introduced into evidence after he testified that the original had been lost. We find that the chancellor refused to allow the lease/option into evidence because of a lack of trustworthy proof regarding its execution. Therefore, we affirm.

Michael Phillips vs. Morrill Electric, Inc.
03A01-9901-CH-00030

Department of Human Serv.: In the Matter of Kubra Satterfield
03A01-9810-JV-00341

Willie Jean Cherry Johnson, v. James Franklin Johnson
A01-9603-GS-00056
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. Farmer
Trial Court Judge: Judge Robert L. Childers

Plaintiff Willie Jean Cherry Johnson (Wife) appeals the trial court's judgment denying her petition to modify a final divorce decree previously entered by the court in December 1996. We affirm the trial court's judgment based upon our conclusion that the disposition of this case is controlled by this court's decision in Gilliland v. Stanley, No 0WL180587 (Tenn . App . Apr .16 , 1997)  ( no perm. app. filed ) .

State vs. Timothy Dewalt
W2001-00168-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Trial Court Judge: Julian P. Guinn
The defendant, Timothy Tereze Dewalt, was indicted for selling a controlled substance, a Class C felony. After his plea of guilty, the trial court imposed a standard Range I sentence of four years. In this appeal of right, the defendant contends (1) that he was denied the right to counsel and (2) that his sentence is excessive. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

Ivey vs. Trans Global Gas & Oil
03S01-9804-CH-00037

Stephens vs. Henley's Supply & Industry
01S01-9712-CH-00277

01A01-9903-CH-00185
01A01-9903-CH-00185

Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

01A01-9904-CH-00209
01A01-9904-CH-00209

Trial Court Judge: Ellen Hobbs Lyle

01A01-9812-CH-00652
01A01-9812-CH-00652

Trial Court Judge: Robert E. Corlew, III

State vs. Kenneth Lee Kendrick
03C01-9810-CR-00374

Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

State vs. Richard Smith
02C01-9903-CC-00101

Trial Court Judge: Roy Morgan

Mickey A. Brown v. Tennessee Department of Correction
01A01-9808-CH-00437
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle

A Tennessee prison inmate filed a Petition for a Declaratory Judgment, insisting that he was entitled to be immediately released because of the earlier expiration of a concurrent Florida sentence. The trial court dismissed the petition for failure to state a claim. We affirm.

State vs. Brian Milam
01C01-9712-CC-00557

Trial Court Judge: Robert L. Jones

Brett Allen Patterson vs. State
01C01-9805-CC-00221

State vs. Eric B. Howard
01C01-9805-CR-00198

State vs. Shawn R. Cotton
01C01-9805-CR-00209

Trial Court Judge: Frank G. Clement, Jr.

State vs. James E. Jackson
01C01-9809-CR-00358

Trial Court Judge: Steve R. Dozier

State vs. Jimmy Ferguson
01C01-9809-CR-00359

Trial Court Judge: Frank G. Clement, Jr.

Randall Allen Cantrell vs. State
01C01-9902-CR-00050
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: Judge Jane W. Wheatcraft

The appellant, Randall Allen Cantrell, appeals the order of the Sumner County Criminal Court dismissing his pro se petition for post-conviction relief. In this appeal, the appellant raises multiple issues which collectively challenge the trial court’s summary dismissal of the petition as being time-barred.

Randall Allen Cantrell vs. State of Tennessee
01C01-9902-CR-00050
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: Judge Jane W. Wheatcraft

The appellant, Randall Allen Cantrell, appeals the order of the Sumner County Criminal Court dismissing his pro se petition for post-conviction relief. In this appeal, the appellant raises multiple issues which collectively challenge the trial court’s summary dismissal of the petition as being time-barred.

Alfred Lee Mauldin v. Mark Luttrell, Warden, et al.
02A01-9902-CH-00065
Authoring Judge: Judge David R. farmer
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor D. J. Alissandratos

Alfred Lee Mauldin appeals from the order of the chancery court dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus on the basis that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.

C.L. Randolph v. Virginia Henley Randolph
03S01-9510-CV-00119
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Trial Court Judge: Special Judge M. Drew Robinson

We granted this appeal to clarify the statutory standard by which the validity of antenuptial agreements should be judged. The trial court in this case held the antenuptial agreement invalid, finding the wife did not “knowledgeably” sign the agreement, as required by statute1. The Court of Appeals, in a split decision, reversed, finding the totality of the circumstances established that the wife possessed sufficient knowledge of the husband’s business affairs and financial status at the time she signed the agreement to meet the statutory requirement of "knowledgeably" executing the agreement and that the agreement was therefore enforceable. We interpret the statutory requirement that an antenuptial agreement is enforceable only if entered into "knowledgeably" to mean that the spouse seeking to enforce an antenuptial agreement must prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, either that a full and fair disclosure of the nature, extent and value
of his or her holdings was provided to the spouse seeking to avoid the agreement, or that disclosure was unnecessary because the spouse seeking to avoid the agreement had independent knowledge of the full nature, extent, and value of the proponent spouse’s holdings.