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State of Tennessee v Terry Bowen 01C01-9505-CC-00158 The appellant, Terry Bowen, was convicted of theft over $1,000, a Class D felony, by a jury of his peers. The trial court found that the appellant was a multiple offender and imposed a Range II sentence consisting of confinement for eight (8) years in the Department of Correction. This sentence is to be served consecutively with the sentences imposed in three prior cases. Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joe B. Jones Originating Judge:Judge W. Charles Lee	Bedford County	Court of Criminal Appeals	08/01/96
State of Tennessee v. Terry Bowen - Concurring 01C01-9505-CC-00158 I concur in the results reached and most of the reasoning used in the majority opinion. However, although I agree that the collateral fact rule essentially remains viable through Rule 403, Tenn. R. Evid., I question its use in this case relative to the appellant’s attempt to impeach Mr. Farrar’s testimony through extrinsic evidencethat Farrar’s son had previously been charged with the appellant and that his son’s charges had been retired on motion of the state. Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton Originating Judge:Judge W. Charles Lee	Bedford County	Court of Criminal Appeals	08/01/96
State of Tennessee v. John V. Woodruff 01C01-9507-CR-00217 A Davidson County Criminal Court jury found Appellant John V. Woodruff guilty of felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated kidnapping, and first degree murder. Appellant received a life sentence for each murder conviction and a twenty year sentence for both the especially aggravated robbery conviction and the especially aggravated kidnapping conviction. The life sentences were ordered to run consecutive to each other, and the sentences for robbery and kidnapping were ordered to run concurrent with each other and with the life sentence for first degree murder. In this appeal as of right, Appellant presents the following issues for review:(1) whether the trial court erred in allowing the introduction of evidence of sexual assault upon one of the victims; (2) whether the trial court erred in denying a request for a jury instruction on the lesser included offense of criminal attempt to commit especially aggravated robbery; (3) whether the evidence presented at trial is legally sufficient to sustain convictions for especially aggravated robbery and first degree murder; and (4) whether the trial court erred in ordering consecutive life sentences. Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry L. Smith Originating Judge:Presiding Judge J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.	Davidson County	Court of Criminal Appeals	08/01/96
01A01-9512-CV-00576 01A01-9512-CV-00576 Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson	Davidson County	Court of Appeals	07/31/96
Honorable Hamilton v. Gayden, Jr., Judge 01A01-9604-CV-00144 Originating Judge:Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.	Davidson County	Court of Appeals	07/31/96
01A01-9602-CV-00059 01A01-9602-CV-00059 Originating Judge:Muriel Robinson	Davidson County	Court of Appeals	07/31/96
Larry H. Mull v. Transport South, Inc. 03S01-9512-CV-00135 This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with TENN. CODE ANN. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. The employee/plaintiff injured his right arm while working as a truck driver for defendant. The trial judge awarded plaintiff 12 percent disability to the right arm. We find that the evidence preponderates against an award of 12 percent and in favor of an award of 2 percent permanent partial disability to the right arm and we affirm the judgment of the trial court as so modified. On February 19, 1993, Plaintiff was trying to pry loose a stuck fuel valve on the employer's fuel truck so that he could fill the truck with jet fuel when his wrist "popped" and started tingling. He went to the emergency room that day for treatment, where he was given a forearm splint. Three days later he saw orthopedic surgeon Dr. Alan Odom, who placed plaintiff on light duty for ten days and told him to 2 Authoring Judge: Senior Judge John K. Byers Originating Judge:Hon. L. Marie Williams	Hamilton County	Workers Compensation Panel	07/31/96
01A01-9601-CV-00006 01A01-9601-CV-00006 Originating Judge:Thomas Goodall	Sumner County	Court of Appeals	07/31/96
Vickie Lee Patterson v. Btr Dunlop, Inc., d/b/a Huyck-Formex 03S01-9507-CH-00082 Authoring Judge: Houston M. Goddard, Special Judge Originating Judge:Hon. DENNIS H. INMAN	Knox County	Workers Compensation Panel	07/31/96
With Regard To The Defense Asserted In The Motion. Byrd v. Hall, 847 S.W.2D 208, 01A01-9604-CV-00144	Bradley County	Court of Appeals	07/31/96
01A01-9511-CV-00529 01A01-9511-CV-00529 Originating Judge:Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr.	Davidson County	Court of Appeals	07/31/96
01A01-9511-CV-00529 01A01-9511-CV-00529 Originating Judge:William C. Koch		Court of Appeals	07/31/96
03C01-9401-CR-00010 03C01-9401-CR-00010 Originating Judge:James E. Beckner	Hamblen County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/31/96
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX	Campbell County	Court of Appeals	07/30/96
Joyce Jones v. New York Underwriters 03S01-9505-CH-00050 This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with TENN. CODE ANN. _ 5-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. Plaintiff alleged injury to her back and neck at work. The trial judge awarded her 15 percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. Plaintiff was working for at Arcata Graphics on March 17, 1992 when her right index finger was caught in a re-press roller. She tried to jerk her finger out of the roller, fearing her whole hand and arm would be caught, and her supervisor pushed her back from the machine while trying to turn the machine off. She was treated in the emergency room and subsequently referred to Dr. James Phillips, orthopedic surgeon. She received anti-inflammatory medication and underwent physical therapy. Two weeks later she began experiencing increasing pain, "moving up her arm and in her shoulder and neck area," and still later she began having severe headaches on the right side of her head. Dr. Gregory Corradino, a neurologist, began treating plaintiff in late 1993 and performed surgery on her cervical spine. When deposed, Dr. Phillips opined that if plaintiff's finger crush injury were accompanied by a jerking maneuver, it could have caused her disc rupture, and that this possible causal connection would be strengthened if surgery resolved her complaints. Dr. Gregory Corradino found that plaintiff had a herniated cervical disc at C4/5 and performed surgical removal of the disc. W hen asked whether the disc herniation had been caused by plaintiff's jerking her finger out of the press at work, he opined that such motion could cause a disc herniation. Dr. John Marshall, physiatrist, evaluated plaintiff for defendant and treated her for nine months. He opined that although the jerking motion could herniate a disc, he did not think that it had done so in this case. Plaintiff testified that she jerked her head and neck hard to remove her finger from the press. She further said that prior to the injury at Arcata Graphics, she had Authoring Judge: Senior Judge John K. Byers Originating Judge:Hon. Richard E. Ladd	Knox County	Workers Compensation Panel	07/30/96
03C01-9502-CR-00026Cecil 03C01-9502-CR-00026Cecil Originating Judge:William M. Barker	Sullivan County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/30/96
03C01-9508-CC-00218 03C01-9508-CC-00218 Originating Judge:Rex Henry Ogle	Blount County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/29/96
03C01-9510-CC-00312 03C01-9510-CC-00312 Originating Judge:D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.	Blount County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/29/96
02C01-9506-CR-00175 02C01-9506-CR-00175	Shelby County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/26/96
02C01-9605-CC-00181 02C01-9605-CC-00181	Hardin County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/26/96
01A01-9603-CV-00094 01A01-9603-CV-00094 Originating Judge:Thomas Goodall	Sumner County	Court of Appeals	07/26/96
02C01-9509-CC-00258 02C01-9509-CC-00258 Originating Judge:William M. Barker	Madison County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/26/96
01C01-9508-CC-00265 01C01-9508-CC-00265 Originating Judge:Donald P. Harris	Williamson County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/26/96
01C01-9506-CR-00174 01C01-9506-CR-00174 Originating Judge:Seth W. Norman	Davidson County	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/26/96
01A01-9602-CH-00084 01A01-9602-CH-00084 Originating Judge:Robert S. Brandt	Davidson County	Court of Appeals	07/26/96