| Claude Garrett vs. State
M1999-00786-CCA-R3-PC
The defendant, after being convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, was denied post-conviction relief by the Criminal Court of Davidson County. Defendant now appeals that denial and asserts that (1) the State withheld exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, thereby undermining the confidence of the outcome of the trial; (2) the trial court erred by unconstitutionally instructing the jury; (3) the defendant was not afforded effective assistance of counsel; and (4) juror misconduct and bias violated the defendant's constitutional rights. The issue of juror misconduct was addressed by this court on direct appeal and, therefore, is not properly before this court. After review, we affirm the trial court's finding that the defendant received effective assistance of counsel; however, we reverse and remand the case for a new trial because the prosecution withheld exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland, thereby undermining the confidence in the outcome of the trial.
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman |
Davidson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/21/00 | |
| State vs. Christopher Stacy Long
E1999-01205-CCA-R3-CD
Originating Judge:James E. Beckner |
Hamblen County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/21/00 | |
| State vs. Tyaneshia Turner & Johnathan Webster
W1999-00530-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Originating Judge:Chris B. Craft |
Shelby County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/21/00 | |
| Joey Lee Smith vs. State
M1999-01896-CCA-R3-PC
In April of 1995, a Bedford County jury convicted the petitioner of one count of child rape, multiple counts of aggravated sexual battery, one count of sexual battery, and two counts of reckless endangerment. For these offenses he received an effective sentence of nineteen years. Having unsuccessfully pursued a direct appeal, the petitioner filed a pro se post-conviction petition and subsequently received appointed counsel. Through his amended petition the petitioner contended that counsel's alleged misdeeds had risen to the level of ineffective assistance of counsel and also that certain actions taken by the trial court had violated his due process rights. The trial court conducted an evidentiary hearing on these matters and denied the petitioner relief. From this denial the petitioner brings this action again asserting that he received ineffective assistance both at trial and on direct appeal. However, following our review of the record, we find that the trial court correctly denied the petition, and we, therefore, affirm the lower court's decision.
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith
Originating Judge:William Charles Lee |
Bedford County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| Hampton-Hoover vs. Hoover
M1999-01922-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson |
Davidson County | Court of Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| State vs. Jack Welch
W1999-00860-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Originating Judge:J. Steven Stafford |
Dyer County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Antwon Burns
M1999-01830-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Originating Judge:Timothy L. Easter |
Williamson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| State vs. Owens
W1997-00237-SC-R11-CD
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Joseph B. Dailey |
Shelby County | Supreme Court | 06/20/00 | |
| State vs. Fowler
E1997-00037-SC-R11-CD
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Originating Judge:Rex Henry Ogle |
Jefferson County | Supreme Court | 06/20/00 | |
| In the matter of B.B.
M1999-00643-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Burton D. Glover |
Davidson County | Court of Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| Paul Barnett vs. State
E1999-01583-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Originating Judge:Lynn W. Brown |
Unicoi County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| James Earl Kirk, et al. vs. State
M1999-01369-CCA-OT-CO
In this interlocutory appeal the State raises the question of whether the Maury County Circuit Court, relying on Tenn. R. Crim. P. 5(a), erred by ordering that all proceedings in a case heard in general sessions court must be heard in the court closest to the location of the offense. It is the opinion of this Court that the plain language of Tenn. R. Crim. P. 5(a) controls the outcome of this case. The controversy in this case turns on the word "nearest" as used in the statute. A cursory reading of the statute could understandably lead one to believe that the term "nearest" was intended to convey geographic proximity. However, such a narrow reading of the word does not yield the desired result the Rule was intended to have, and cannot be read within the strict confines of the plain language set forth therein. The term "nearest" is broader in scope than mere geographical distance. It is the opinion of this Court that as used in Tenn. R. Crim. P. 5(a), "nearest" was intended to be analyzed temporally.
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Originating Judge:Jim T. Hamilton |
Maury County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| Paul Barnett vs. State
E1999-01583-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Originating Judge:Lynn W. Brown |
Unicoi County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| Appellate Court To Apply a Clearly Erroneous Standard of Review, Coln v. City of Savannah, 966
1998-00091-SC-R11-CV
Originating Judge:George H. Brown |
Shelby County | Supreme Court | 06/20/00 | |
| State vs. Winfield
E1996-00012-SC-R11-CD
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Originating Judge:Douglas A. Meyer |
Hamilton County | Supreme Court | 06/20/00 | |
| State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey English
II-1298-401-A
Originating Judge:Timothy L. Easter |
Williamson County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| Clark Earls vs. Shirley Earls
M1999-00035-COA-R3-CV
This extraordinary appeal involves the efforts of one party to effectuate an opinion of this court which the Tennessee Supreme Court declined to review. On the first appeal, this court reversed portions of the trial court's final decree and remanded the case with specific directions regarding the details of the order to be entered. After the Tennessee Supreme Court denied the wife's application for permission to appeal, the husband asked the trial court to enter an order consistent with the directions in this court's opinion. After conducting two hearings, the trial court declined to enter the proposed order. We have granted the husband's application for an extraordinary appeal because the trial court, by its refusal to enter a judgment consistent with this court's opinion, has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings that immediate review of its actions is required. We now (1) vacate the trial court's orders filed after March 29, 2001, (2) direct the clerk of the trial court to enter this opinion and the order accompanying it as the final order in this proceeding, and (3) direct that this case be assigned to another judge in the Twenty-First Judicial District for any further proceedings.
Authoring Judge: Judge Ben H. Cantrell
Originating Judge:Russell Heldman |
Williamson County | Court of Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| Jackie William Crowe vs. State
E1998-00016-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Originating Judge:Carroll L. Ross |
McMinn County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| State vs. Bobby Garner
M1999-01427-CCA-R3-CD
Following a Montgomery County Grand Jury indictment, Bobby Garner, the defendant and appellant, pled guilty to one count of aggravated burglary and one count of theft of property over one-thousand dollars. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced the defendant to serve five years for aggravated burglary and three years for theft. The trial court ordered the defendant to serve the sentences consecutively. On appeal, the defendant argues (1) that the sentences imposed were excessive, (2) that he should have been sentenced alternatively, and (3) that consecutive sentences were inappropriate. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith
Originating Judge:Robert W. Wedemeyer |
Montgomery County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| Felix Wilkey, et al vs. Rhea County, TN et al
E1999-00307-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:Jeffrey F. Stewart |
Rhea County | Court of Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| Homer Ernest Weeks, III vs. Kristina Lea Corbitt
E1999-02698-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:Bill Swann |
Knox County | Court of Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| State vs. Frank Tate
W1999-01068-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Originating Judge:Bernie Weinman |
Shelby County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| John Paul Seals v. State of Tennessee
E1998-00367-SC-R11-PC
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Originating Judge:James E. Beckner |
Hamblen County | Supreme Court | 06/20/00 | |
| Design Concept Corporation vs. Ralph Phelps, et ux
E1999-00259-COA-R9-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:W. Dale Young |
Blount County | Court of Appeals | 06/20/00 | |
| State vs. Clifford Douglas Peele
E1999-00907-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
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Carter County | Court of Criminal Appeals | 06/20/00 |
