Howell vs. State
03C01-9703-CR-00095

Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Haney
03C01-9612-CC-00449
Trial Court Judge: Rex Henry Ogle

Cocke Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Cleophes Carter
02C01-9603-CR-00083
Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Cleophes Carter
02C01-9603-CR-00083

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. James Corder
02C01-9606-CC-00189

Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Leslie Thompson
02C01-9607-CR-00245

Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Gary Cooper
02C01-9610-CC-00334
Trial Court Judge: Joe G. Riley. Jr.

Lake Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Ray Douglas
02C01-9610-CR-00349

Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Sammy Golden
02C01-9611-CR-00393

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Doyle Hart
02C01-9612-CC-00451

Court of Criminal Appeals

James Lowery, et al vs. Gary & Emily Franks
02A01-9612-CV-00304
Trial Court Judge: John Franklin Murchison

Madison Court of Appeals

State vs. Mario Campbell
02C01-9705-CR-00197

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Jerry Dorsey
02C01-9508-CR-00218

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Jerry Dorsey
02C01-9508-CR-00218
Trial Court Judge: W. Fred Axley

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Abraham Galmore
02C01-9607-CR-00230
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Johnny Mukes
02C01-9610-CR-00320
Trial Court Judge: John P. Colton, Jr.

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Paul Mason
02C01-9611-CC-00404
Trial Court Judge: Joe G. Riley. Jr.

Lake Court of Criminal Appeals

Gloria Spivey, et al vs. James Robinson, et al
02A01-9704-CV-00075
Trial Court Judge: William B. Acree

Shelby Court of Appeals

Randall E. Deskins, et ux., v. Beulah M. Williams
03A01-9701-CV-00023
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Houston M. Goddard
Trial Court Judge: Judge Rex Henry Ogle

Randall E. Desksins and his wife Thelma Jean Deskins, appeal a judgment of the Circuit Court for Sevier County, entered pursuant to a juryverdict, which dismissed their claim against Beulah M. Williams for personal injuries suffered by Mr. Deskins and loss of consortium and services by Mrs. Deskins, resulting from an automobile accident occurring on June 3, 1989. Mr. Deskins also appeals a judgmentin favor of the original Defendant and Counter-Plaintiff, Beulah M. Williams.

Sevier Court of Appeals

Robert Bean, Franklin Shaffer, David Autrey, et al., v. Ned Ray McWherter in his capacity as Governor of the State of Tennessee, et al., - Concurring
01S01-9607-CH-00132
Authoring Judge: Justice Janice M. Holder
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

This appeal addresses the General Assembly's power to delegate rulemaking authority to administrative agencies. The Court of Appeals held  that the General Assembly could not constitutionally delegate power to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission ("TWRC") to add or delete animals from the dangerous species list. We reverse and hold that the legislature may delegate power to add and delete items from a statutory schedule absent explicit guidance standards. The legislature, however, must provide a basic standard accompanied by a general policy when delegating in areas concerning public health, safety, and general welfare.

Davidson Supreme Court

State of Tennessee v. Jefferson C. Pennington
01S01-9607-PB-00133
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge James R. Everett

We review this cause to determine whether detention immediately after arrest, purposely continued because of the accused’s refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test, constitutes punishment that prevents, under double jeopardy principles, punishment upon conviction. Because we find that jeopardy did not attach to the proceedings before the judicial commissioner and because the detention, even if punitive, did not constitute punishment for the charged offenses, we find no double jeopardy violation. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals is reversed, the indictments are reinstated, and the cause is remanded to the trial court for further proceedings.

Supreme Court

Vernon Ray Davis v. Jim Reagan and Howard Sexton, D/B/A Precision Construction Traveler's Insurance Co.
03S01-9603-CV-00034
Authoring Judge: Justice Janice M. Holder
Trial Court Judge: Judge William R. Holt, Jr.

We granted this consolidated appeal to determine whether permanent total disability can be awarded when an anatomical disability rating is less than 16.7 percent. In Seiber v. Greenbrier Industries, Inc., 906 S.W.2d 444 (Tenn. 1995), this Court adopted a panel decision holding that the limits in Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-241 (1996 Supp.) precluded an award of total disability when the anatomical impairment was less than 16.7 percent. A later, but unpublished, workers' compensation panel decision held that the limitations in Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-241(b) are not applicable to permanent total disability claims. Warren v. Twin City Fire Ins. Co., No. 03S01-9506-CV-00061 (Nov. 29, 1995, at Knoxville). We granted review to reconcile these two cases and decide this issue. For the reasons explained below, we agree with the panel's findings in Warren and hold that Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-241's limitations on permanent partial disability do not apply to awards of permanent total disability.

Sevier Supreme Court

Arnold Carter v. State of Tennessee
03-S-01-9612-CR-00117
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpha A Birch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge R. Steven Bibb

We granted the State's application in this case to determine whether the Post-Conviction Procedure Act of 1995 (“the new Act”), provides to petitioners for whom the statute of limitations had expired under the old Act additional time in which to file petitions for post-conviction relief. We conclude that although the language of the new Act is ambiguous, the legislative intent is clear: petitioners for whom the statute of limitations expired prior to the effective date of the new Act, i.e., May 10, 1995, do not have an additional year in which to file petitions for post-conviction relief. Thus, the petition filed by Arnold Carter is barred by the statute of limitations. The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals is reversed, and the petition is dismissed.

Supreme Court

David Neal, et ux vs. Keith Boggs, et al
02A01-9612-CV-00305
Trial Court Judge: Dick Jerman, Jr.

Gibson Court of Appeals

Eileen Smith vs. Shelby Co. Government
02A01-9701-CH-00024
Trial Court Judge: C. Neal Small

Shelby Court of Appeals