APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

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State vs. Angela Titus

01C01-9807-CC-00300
Marshall County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/14/99
State vs. Lee Lance

03C01-9804-CR-00136

Originating Judge:Mayo L. Mashburn
McMinn County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/14/99
State vs. Norman Sutton

03C01-9806-CC-00204

Originating Judge:Rex Henry Ogle
Cocke County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/14/99
State vs. Marvin Woods

W2001-00316-CCA-R3-CD
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.
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Originating Judge:Jon Kerry Blackwood
Hardeman County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/14/99
State vs. Glenna Kidd

01C01-9808-CR-00344

Originating Judge:J. O. Bond
Wilson County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/13/99
Derrick Sawyers vs. State

01C01-9806-CR-00254
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/13/99
State vs.Robert A. Norris & Lida A. Meador

E1999-00485-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Originating Judge:Leon C. Burns, Jr.
Cumberland County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/13/99
State vs. Robert D. Merritt, Jr.

01C01-9709-CR-00396

Originating Judge:Thomas H. Shriver
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/13/99
Edward C. Coker vs. State

01C01-9805-CC-00210
Williamson County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/13/99
Larry Sneed vs. State

01C01-9803-CC-00117

Originating Judge:Jim T. Hamilton
Maury County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. Edward Drummer

02C01-9902-CR-00059

Originating Judge:Arthur T. Bennett
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. Ricky Crawford

02C01-9806-CR-00169

Originating Judge:Joseph B. Brown
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. Kelly A. Hancock

01C01-9804-CC-00191

Originating Judge:Donald P. Harris
Williamson County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. Ricky Crawford

02C01-9806-CR-00169

Originating Judge:Joseph B. Brown
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. George Redd

W2000-01620-CCA-R3-CD
Following a jury trial, the defendant, George Redd, was convicted of burglary. He was sentenced as a career offender to twelve years incarceration. In this appeal as of right, the defendant asserts that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offenses of burglary. We hold that the evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's conviction but that the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offenses of burglary. Because we conclude that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Originating Judge:Joseph B. Dailey
Shelby County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. Venson Terrell Taylor

01C01-9803-CC-00133

Originating Judge:John H. Gasaway, III
Robertson County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. Donnie Sisk

01C01-9803-CC-00143

Originating Judge:J. Curtis Smith
Franklin County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. Charles Justin Osborne

01C01-9806-CC-00246

Originating Judge:Cornelia A. Clark
Perry County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/12/99
State vs. William B. Thurbley

03C01-9709-CC-00414

Originating Judge:Rex Henry Ogle
Sevier County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/11/99
Greg L. Baine vs. State

03C01-9806-CR-00201
Polk County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/11/99
James Gordon Coons, III vs. State of Tennessee

01C01-9801-CR-00014

I concur with the majority opinion. I note, though, that the case upon which the opinion relies to conclude that the statute of limitations may not be raised for the first time on appeal was decided under the former post-conviction procedure act. I am hesitant to say that such a total bar exists under the 1995 Post-Conviction Procedure Act, given the affirmative duty of the trial court to assess the timeliness of the petition regardless of whether it is raised by the state as a defense and the apparent jurisdictional effect of the running of the statute.

Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:Judge Ann Lacy Johns
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/06/99
Jimmy Sills vs. State of Tennessee and Jack Morgan, Warden

01C01-9810-CC-00434

The Defendant, Jimmy Sills, appeals the trial court’s summary dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. In his pro se brief to this C ourt, Defendant argues that his convictions for first degree murder and for use of a firearm during commission of a felony violate double jeopardy because the use of a firearm is an essential element of first degree murder. For the same reasons this issue was previously determined to be without merit, we affirm the judgment of the trial cou rt.

Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Originating Judge:Judge Timothy L. Easter
Hickman County Court of Criminal Appeals 05/06/99
Misty Laverne Roberts vs. State

03C01-9803-CC-00124

Originating Judge:James E. Beckner
Hawkins County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/30/99
Pete Smith vs. State

03C01-9805-CR-00182

Originating Judge:James E. Beckner
Hamblen County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/30/99
State vs. Earl Dewayne Holloway

03C01-9803-CR-00117

Originating Judge:Stephen M. Bevil
Hamilton County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/30/99