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State of Tennessee v. Leonard Edward Smith 03S01-9710-CC-00129 Authoring Judge: Justice Frank F. Drowota, III Trial Court Judge: Judge Lynn W. Brown In this automatic appeal,1 the defendant, Leonard Edward Smith, raises numerous challenges to the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals which affirmed his sentence of death for the 1984 murder of Novella Webb. After carefully examining the entire record and the law, including the thorough opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the briefs of the defendant and the State, this Court entered an Order limiting review at oral argument to the following three issues:2 (1) Whether the trial court was correct in allowing the defendant to control the presentation of mitigating evidence and to waive closing argument against counsel’s advice; (2) Whether the admittance of victim impact testimony and argument at the sentencing hearing constituted reversible error; (3) Whether the sentence of death is arbitrary or disproportionate in violation of Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-206(c)(1)(A)-(D) (1997 Repl.).	Hamblen	Supreme Court	05/17/99
State vs. Angela Titus 01C01-9807-CC-00300	Marshall	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
01C01-9803-CR-00105 01C01-9803-CR-00105	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
State vs. Marvin Woods W2001-00316-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood The defendant was convicted of the introduction of contraband into a penal institution, a Class C felony, for smuggling marijuana into the prison where he worked. The trial court sentenced him as a Range I, standard offender, to three years in the Department of Correction, with the sentence suspended, and the defendant placed on supervised probation for three years. Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, the defendant filed a timely appeal as of right to this court, alleging that the trial court erred in allowing a prior inconsistent statement to be introduced, in its instructions as to the statement, in concluding that the State sufficiently proved the chain of custody, and in ruling that trial counsel had not been ineffective. Based upon our review of the record and of applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.	Hardeman	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
State vs. James A. Woods 01C01-9704-CC-00160	Franklin	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
State vs. Roderick S. Williams 01C01-9712-CC-00594	Dickson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
State vs. Taniese A. Wilson 01C01-9802-CC-00083	Coffee	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
State vs. Lee Lance 03C01-9804-CR-00136 Trial Court Judge: Mayo L. Mashburn	McMinn	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
State vs. Norman Sutton 03C01-9806-CC-00204 Trial Court Judge: Rex Henry Ogle	Cocke	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
State vs. Eric Dwayne McLemore 03C01-9802-CR-00056	Hamilton	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/14/99
State vs. Glenna Kidd 01C01-9808-CR-00344 Trial Court Judge: J. O. Bond	Wilson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/13/99
Derrick Sawyers vs. State 01C01-9806-CR-00254	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/13/99
Edward C. Coker vs. State 01C01-9805-CC-00210	Williamson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/13/99
Henry vs. Metro Gov't 01A01-9804-CV-00208	Davidson	Court of Appeals	05/13/99
Collins vs. Willis 01A01-9808-CH-00433 Trial Court Judge: Jeffrey F. Stewart	Coffee	Court of Appeals	05/13/99
State vs. Robert D. Merritt, Jr. 01C01-9709-CR-00396 Trial Court Judge: Thomas H. Shriver	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/13/99
Cobble vs. Shewmake et al 01A01-9803-CV-00169		Court of Appeals	05/13/99
Grimes vs. Grimes 01A01-9809-CH-00483 Trial Court Judge: James L. Weatherford	Maury	Court of Appeals	05/13/99
State vs.Robert A. Norris & Lida A. Meador E1999-00485-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Leon C. Burns, Jr.	Cumberland	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/13/99
State vs. Venson Terrell Taylor 01C01-9803-CC-00133 Trial Court Judge: John H. Gasaway, III	Robertson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/12/99
State vs. Ricky Crawford 02C01-9806-CR-00169 Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Brown	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/12/99
State vs. Ricky Crawford 02C01-9806-CR-00169 Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Brown	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/12/99
State vs. Edward Drummer 02C01-9902-CR-00059 Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/12/99
State vs. Charles Justin Osborne 01C01-9806-CC-00246 Trial Court Judge: Cornelia A. Clark	Perry	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/12/99
State vs. Kelly A. Hancock 01C01-9804-CC-00191 Trial Court Judge: Donald P. Harris	Williamson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/12/99