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Retired Shelby County General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Joyce Cassandra Broffitt passed away on Aug. 23, 2024. She was 68 years old.
Judge Broffitt was appointed to the General Sessions Criminal Court, Division 9, by the Shelby County Commission on Nov. 18, 1996, and took office on Nov…
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court today clarified that an alert from a trained drug-sniffing dog can be part of law enforcement’s probable cause for a search even though the dog cannot tell the difference between illegal marijuana and legal hemp.
On February 16, 2020, law…
Retired Knox County Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Joe D. Duncan passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 20 in Farragut. He was 100 years old.
In 1990, Judge Duncan retired from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. He was elected to the post by Governor Winfield Dunn, in 1975. Prior to his…