State of Tennessee v. Charles Jonathan Murphy
The Defendant, Charles Jonathan Murphy, was convicted by a Henderson County Circuit Court jury of two counts of rape, a Class B felony, and was sentenced by the trial court as a Range I, standard offender to ten years for each conviction, with the sentences to be served consecutively, for a total effective sentence of twenty years at 100 % in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the convictions and that the trial court erred in sentencing him by misapplying an enhancement factor and ordering consecutive sentences. Based on our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court. |
Henderson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Timothy Hopson v. Smith Wholesale, LLC
This is an appeal from a final order entered on July 6, 2023. The Notice of Appeal was not |
Court of Appeals | ||
Mario Donte Keene v. State of Tennessee
Following his convictions for felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, and especially |
Greene | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Desmond Anderson
The Defendant, Desmond Anderson, was convicted of three offenses in 2013, and the trial |
Madison | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Mechelle Hollis Ex Rel. Nicole N. Et Al v. Manuel M. Sanchez
After a car accident, a plaintiff sued a defendant, but never served him with process. Almost two years later, the defendant moved to dismiss the case as time-barred. The plaintiff opposed the dismissal and moved for an enlargement of time to serve the defendant. The court denied the requested enlargement and dismissed the case. We affirm. |
Davidson | Court of Appeals | |
Amanda B. Wolfe v. Surgoinsville Beer Board Et Al.
Following the denial of her application for a beer permit, Amanda B. Wolfe (“Ms. Wolfe”) |
Court of Appeals | ||
State of Tennessee v. William Paul Watson
The Defendant, William Paul Watson, pled guilty to possessing more than one-half gram |
Knox | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Raffell M. Griffin, Jr.
The Defendant, Raffell M. Griffin, Jr., was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess |
Knox | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Roger Scott Herbison
The Defendant, Roger Scott Herbison, entered a guilty plea to one count of attempted |
Court of Criminal Appeals | ||
In Re Estate of Charles Leonard Welch
This appeal arises from a will contest by the decedent’s children. Counsel for the contestants and counsel for the executrix engaged in settlement negotiations on behalf of their clients. The executrix submitted a motion to enforce the settlement. After an evidentiary hearing on the motion, the Probate Court granted the motion and entered an order of voluntary dismissal of the contestants’ claims with prejudice. The contestants appeal. We affirm. |
Davidson | Court of Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Antonio Donte Jenkins, a.k.a. Antonio Donte Gordon Jenkins
A Davidson County jury convicted the Defendant, Antonio Donte Jenkins, a.k.a. Antonio Donte Gordon Jenkins, of second degree murder and felony reckless endangerment. The trial court sentenced the Defendant to serve an effective sentence of twenty-seven years. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction for second degree murder. He also asserts that the trial court erred by (1) instructing the jury on criminal responsibility; (2) failing to declare a mistrial after a State’s witness testified that the Defendant had an outstanding warrant; (3) allowing portions of a witness’s testimony from the juvenile transfer hearing to be read into evidence; (4) allowing evidence that had not been presented during trial into the jury room during deliberations; and (5) imposing an excessive sentence. We respectfully conclude that the jury should not have been instructed on criminal responsibility and that the error was not harmless. For this reason, we vacate the Defendant’s conviction for second degree murder and remand for a new trial. Finally, although we also affirm the Defendant’s conviction and sentence for reckless endangerment, we remand for entry of an amended judgment reflecting that this sentence is not currently aligned consecutively to any other sentence. |
Davidson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Rodney Earl Jones v. State of Tennessee
The petitioner, Rodney Earl Jones, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, arguing the post-conviction court erred in finding he received the effective assistance of counsel at trial. Following our review, we affirm the denial of the petition. |
Davidson | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Roger Jay Hollowell
The defendant, Roger Jay Hollowell, appeals the Carroll County Circuit Court’s order |
Carroll | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
McArthur Bobo v. State of Tennessee
Petitioner, McArthur Bobo, appeals the summary dismissal of his pro se petition for postconviction |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Johnathan Issac Gradell Allen
Johnathan Issac Gradell Allen, Defendant, pleaded guilty to arson and was sentenced to four-and-one-half years’ incarceration. Defendant claims that the trial court erred by not sentencing him to an alternative sentence and by imposing an excessive sentence. Defendant also claims that the State’s negligent handling of certain sentencing documents caused an unreasonable delay in his transfer from the jail to prison thereby delaying the date of his parole hearing. After a thorough review of the record, applicable law, and the briefs, we affirm. |
Lincoln | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Justin L. Kiser
The petitioner, Justin L. Kiser, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, |
Union | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Deshaun Tate
A Shelby County jury convicted Defendant, Deshaun “Bushwick” Tate, of first degree |
Shelby | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
In Re Jayla S.
The parents of Jayla S. appeal the termination of their parental rights. Jayla was removed from her parents’ custody because Jayla tested positive for amphetamines at birth. The Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”) subsequently filed a petition to terminate both parents’ parental rights. Following a two-day trial, the trial court found that multiple grounds for termination had been proven, including the ground of severe child abuse. Finding it also to be in the best interest of Jayla that her parents’ parental rights be terminated, the court terminated both parents’ parental rights. This appeal followed. Finding no error, we affirm. |
Lincoln | Court of Appeals | |
Kellum Williams v. State of Tennessee
Petitioner, Kellum Williams, appeals as of right from the Montgomery County Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, wherein he challenged his convictions for first degree premeditated murder, first degree felony murder, and especially aggravated kidnapping and resulting sentence of life without the possibility of parole plus twenty-five years. Petitioner contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel based upon trial counsel’s failure to: (1) sufficiently emphasize at trial the theory that the victim died in Montgomery County rather than in Robertson County, as testified to by the State’s experts; (2) seek an independent expert “to test samples from the crime scene”; (3) raise as a defense that venue of the trial should have been in Robertson County instead of Montgomery County; and (4) more extensively question witnesses to demonstrate Petitioner’s “non-participation in the events leading to [the victim’s] death.” Petitioner further asserts that he is entitled to relief based upon cumulative error. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court. |
Montgomery | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Roger Fulmer et al. v. Sarco, GP d/b/a Sarco et al.
This is an action to recover amounts due under a promissory note. The trial court awarded the plaintiffs $50,000.00 in compensatory damages, attorney’s fees of one-third of that amount, and prejudgment interest on both the compensatory damages and attorney’s fees. We affirm the trial court’s judgment that the individual defendants are individually liable on the obligation and that the ad damnum clause permitted the plaintiffs to recover $50,000.00 in compensatory damages, plus attorney’s fees and prejudgment interest. We vacate the attorney’s fees award and remand for a determination of the plaintiffs’ reasonable attorney’s fees. We reverse the award of prejudgment interest on the attorney’s fees award only. Affirmed in part, vacated in part, reversed in part, and remanded. |
Sumner | Court of Appeals | |
Cole Bryan Howell, III v. United Rentals (North America), Inc., Et Al.
The plaintiff appeals from the grant of summary judgment to the defendants in this action. |
Knox | Court of Appeals | |
State of Tennessee v. Isaiah Harris
Defendant, Isaiah Harris, appeals the trial court’s order revoking his probationary sentence |
Knox | Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Alsco, Inc. v. Tennessee Department of Revenue
A taxpayer who rented hygienically-clean textiles to its customers challenged the revocation of three industrial machinery tax exemption certificates that it had previously been issued. An administrative judge determined that the taxpayer was not entitled to the exemption because the taxpayer’s operations did not constitute “manufacturing” as they were not necessary for processing tangible personal property. The taxpayer appealed to the Chancery Court for Davidson County. The chancery court reversed after concluding that the administrative decision was not supported by substantial and material evidence. Discerning no error, we affirm the chancery court’s decision. |
Davidson | Court of Appeals | |
Alsco, Inc. v. Tennessee Department of Revenue- Dissenting
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion. As the majority notes, an administrative judge determined that the taxpayer’s sanitizing operations in this case do not constitute “manufacturing” as they are not “processing” tangible personal property. The administrative judge reasoned that a taxpayer is required to show that its activity fundamentally changes or transforms the property from the state or form in which it originally existed. Applying that standard, the administrative judge found that the state or form of the linens has not been changed or altered by the cleaning, as they remain the same linens before and after. |
Davidson | Court of Appeals | |
Clint Earl Sims v. State of Tennessee
Petitioner, Clint Earl Sims, appeals from the Madison County Circuit Court’s order denying him post-conviction relief. On appeal, Petitioner argues he received ineffective assistance of counsel when he pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault, three counts of domestic assault, three counts of vandalism less than $1,000, one count of false imprisonment, and one count of violating an order of protection. Petitioner also argues counsel’s ineffective assistance rendered his guilty plea unknowing and involuntary. Following our review of the record, the parties’ briefs, and the applicable law, we conclude Petitioner’s appeal is untimely, the interest of justice does not favor waiver of the untimely notice, and therefore, this appeal is dismissed. |
Madison | Court of Criminal Appeals |