Press Releases

The Tennessee Supreme Court has recognized a good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule, which means that evidence obtained in violation of a suspect’s constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures need not be excluded from a criminal trial if the law enforcement…

Graduation for the Tennessee Government Executive Institute's Class of 2016 was held November 1st at the TBI headquarters in Nashville. Along with Department of Human Resources Commissioner Rebecca Hunter, AOC General Counsel Rachel Harmon was a featured speaker at the graduation. Rachel was…

The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in four cases when it meets this week in Jackson.

The details of the cases:

• State of Tennessee v. James Hawkins – This is a Supreme Court review of a death penalty case in which James Hawkins was…