Press Releases
The University of Pittsburgh honored retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice M. Holder, of Memphis, with the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award for her professional accomplishments, such as her work with Access to Justice issues, and…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has held that a jury can be instructed to consider – and a defendant can be convicted of – the less serious crime of criminal attempt, even if there is evidence that the charged crime was not only attempted, but completed.
Jeremy Thorpe was convicted in 2012 by…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in a Union County sexual battery case because the jury was not selected in the manner prescribed by the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure. Dominic Frausto was found guilty by a jury in 2009 of two counts of sexual battery. He appealed the…