APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

State vs. Samuel D. Land

M1999-01023-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Originating Judge:Timothy L. Easter
Williamson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/00
State of Tennessee v. Donald Curtis Reid

01C01-9903-CR-00077

Originating Judge:J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/00
State vs. Robert Bassett Brown

M1999-00867-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree
Originating Judge:J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/00
Lewis vs. Caputo

E1999-01182-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:W. Frank Brown, III
Hamilton County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Brown vs. Bd. of Professional Responsibility

E1999-02636-SC-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Howell N. Peoples
Hamilton County Supreme Court 04/28/00
Penny Sue Mincy v. Charles David Mincy, Sr.

E1999-02304-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:William R. Brewer
Blount County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
State vs. Larry Brumit

M1999-00154-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Originating Judge:James K. Clayton, Jr.
Rutherford County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/28/00
Trebing vs. Fleming Companies

M1999-00473-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Barbara N. Haynes
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Jabari Mandela vs. Jim Rose, et al

M1999-02552-COA-R3-CV
The trial court summarily dismissed the plaintiff pro se prisoner's complaint for lack of jurisdiction before service of process was had or response filed. Based on the record before us, we reverse.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Stella L. Hargrove
Wayne County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Beaman Pontiac vs. Gill

M1999-00666-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Carol L. Soloman
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Trebing vs. Fleming Companies

M1999-00473-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Barbara N. Haynes
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
Karen Mundy vs. James Mundy

E1999-02697-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr.
Originating Judge:John B. Hagler, Jr.
Bradley County Court of Appeals 04/28/00
State vs. James Carroll

W1999-01741-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Originating Judge:C. Creed Mcginley
Carroll County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Joe Dyer vs. Bd. of Paroles

M1999-00787-COA-R3-CV
Joe P. Dyer, a prison inmate, filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Davidson County for a writ of common law certiorari to review denial of parole. The trial court granted the respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment and we affirm the action of the trial court.
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Jason C. Carter, et al

M1998-00798-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Rickey Moorman v. Dept of Correction

M1999-02675-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Tennessee Department of Correction regarding the calculation of his sentence credits and his release eligibility date. After unsuccessfully petitioning for a declaratory order, the prisoner filed a petition in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking a declaratory judgment regarding his entitlement to sentence credits as well as a determination that he was entitled to immediate release. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion to dismiss, and the prisoner has appealed. We affirm the trial court's conclusion that the prisoner's petition fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Teddrick Williamson

W1999-00055-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Originating Judge:Joseph H. Walker, III
Tipton County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Elizabeth Mullins

E1999-01343-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:James B. Scott, Jr.
Anderson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. David C. Vazquez

M1999-00211-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree
Wilson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Rodney Ford

M1999-01078-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Originating Judge:Steve R. Dozier
Davidson County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Ronald McKinney vs. State, et al

M1999-02428-COA-R3-CV
An inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction sought a declaratory judgment that the Department had incorrectly calculated his sentence. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding no improper calculation. We affirm.
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Patricia J. Cottrell
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
State vs. Halley Thompson

W2000-00315-CCA-RM-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Originating Judge:John Franklin Murchison
Chester County Court of Criminal Appeals 04/27/00
Jeff Utley v. Department of Corrections

M1999-01412-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Department of Correction regarding his punishment for two unrelated disciplinary offenses. On both occasions, the Department extended the prisoner's release eligibility date in accordance with versions of Tenn. Dep't Corr. Policy Index No. 502.02 issued after he committed the crimes for which he was incarcerated. The prisoner filed a complaint in the Chancery Court for Davidson County asserting that the Department's application of the later version of the policy to him violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion, and the prisoner has appealed. We have determined that the prisoner's complaint fails to state a colorable ex post facto claim under either the federal or state constitution. Accordingly, we affirm the dismissal of the prisoner's complaint.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
David J. Williams v. Tennessee Department of Correction

M1999-01661-COA-R3-CV
This appeal involves a dispute between a prisoner and the Department of Correction regarding the expiration date of his Class X life sentence for aggravated rape. After unsuccessfully petitioning the Department for a declaratory order, the prisoner filed a petition for declaratory judgment in the Chancery Court for Davidson County asserting that the Department's Disciplinary Punishment Guidelines require the Department to treat his life sentence as one that fully expires in thirty years. The trial court granted the Department's Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion, and the prisoner has appealed. We have determined that the trial court properly determined that the prisoner had failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment dismissing the prisoner's complaint.
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Originating Judge:Carol L. Mccoy
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00
Henderson vs. Dept. of Safety

M1999-01911-COA-R3-CV
Kenneth Henderson appeals pro se from an order of the Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissing his case for failure to prosecute his petition for review under Tennessee Code Annotated section 4-5-322 under which he sought judicial review of a judgment of Administrative Law Judge Marian Wall, which judgment had become final on December 29, 1995 with petition for reconsideration being denied on January 28, 1996. We affirm the action of the trial judge.
Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Cain
Originating Judge:Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Davidson County Court of Appeals 04/27/00