Showing posts with label TN Court of Appeals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TN Court of Appeals. Show all posts
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Nominating Commission selects three candidates for Court of Appeals Eastern Section

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Jerri S. Bryant, Chancellor The Judicial Nominating Commission met in Chattanooga today to review the 11 applicants for the Court of Appeals...
Monday, October 8, 2012

State v. Bise: New Standard of Appellate Review of Sentencing Decisions

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By Stevie Phillips In a unanimous Tennessee Supreme Court opinion handed down on September 26, Chief Justice Wade outlines the histori...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Man on Death Row Gets New Trial in Kingsport Killing

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The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals recently ruled that Steven James Rollins , a former death row inmate involved in the fatal stabbing ...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

TN Supreme Court Reiterates Definition of “Serious Bodily Injury”

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The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in a recent opinion,  State of Tennessee v. Michael Farmer and Anthony Clark ,  that a gunshot wound i...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Discusses Factors for Determining Whether a Plea was Voluntary and Intelligent

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by Lee Davis Jonathan Lawrence v. State of Tennessee Jonathan Lawrence appealed Davidson County Criminal Court’s rejection o...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals says stops based on dirty license plates constitutional

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by Lee Davis State of Tennessee v. Eric A. Martin Eric Martin was stopped by a police officer for violation of a the law requirin...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Says that Post-Conviction Petitions Must Contain Specific Facts, Defendants Can’t Simply Check Boxes

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by Lee Davis MICHAEL DESHAY PEOPLES, JR. v. STATE OF TENNESSEE The Petitioner in this case, Michael Deshay Peoples, Jr. , was in...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals: DUI Dismissed After Lost Video of Traffic Stop

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In State v. Angela Merriman, the State appealed a trial court's dismissal of a DUI and two other counts against Angela Merriman. Me...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

TN Court of Criminal Appeals Reverses Evidence Tampering Conviction

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State of Tennessee v. Ashlee N. Appleton The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals decided the case of Ashlee Appleton last week. A jury convi...