Showing posts with label homicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homicide. Show all posts
Thursday, November 22, 2012

U.S. Supreme Court to consider "late" actual innocence proof

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An issue before the U.S. Supreme Court involves the late appearance of evidence that may demonstrate a criminal defendant’s innocence. Thoug...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

TN Supreme Court Refuses to Overturn Man’s Felony Murder Conviction

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The Tennessee Supreme Court recently denied an appeal by a man from Knoxville attempting to have his felony murder conviction overturned. Th...
Friday, June 29, 2012

The defense says DA knew of Judge Baumgartner's misconduct

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by Lee Davis The Christian/Newsom case saw another development today as defense attorneys Tom Dillard and Stephen Ross Johnson responded to...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on Split Confinement

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By Stevie Phillips Harvey Brian Cochran was convicted of reckless homicide, a Class D felony.  On appeal, he argued that the tri...
Monday, June 11, 2012

Texting While Driving Leads To Homicide Conviction/Jail Time

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by Jay Perry             Recently, Aaron Deveau, an 18 year old student from Massachusetts was sentenced, to 2 ½ years with one year...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Hemy Neuman Found Guilty but Mentally Ill

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Last week, the jury reached a verdict in the highly-publicized daycare shooting trial of Hemy Neuman. If you have been following the blog po...
Monday, March 5, 2012

Prosecution Rests in Hemy Neuman Murder Trial

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The Prosecution rested their case last week in the trial of Hemy Neuman, the man accused of shooting Rusty Sneiderman in front of his child...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Day-Care Shooting: Victim's Wife Struggles Through Testimony

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As I continue to update you on the Day-care Shooting here in Atlanta, I'm finding that the case keeps getting more interesting. The tria...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Notorious "Daycare Shooting" Case Goes to Trial in DeKalb County, Georgia

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If there was ever a real-life case that was made for Law and Order, this would be it. In November 2010, a bearded man in a hoodie fired seve...
Monday, October 17, 2011

TN Supreme Court Affirms Defendant's Four Violent Felony Convictions

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State of Tennessee v. Christopher Lee Davis The TN Supreme Court decided today to affirm the conviction of Christopher Lee Davis for aggra...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Judge from Court of Criminal Appeals Points Out a Discrepancy in Various Statutes in the TN Criminal Code

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JOSEPH M. TIPTON In a concurring opinion to the Court of Criminal Appeals decision in   State v. Deandre Blake , Judge Joseph Tipton agr...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

TN Court of Appeals Reverses Especially Aggravated Robbery Conviction of Defendant in Famous Valentine's Day Massacre Case

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State of Tennessee v. Maurice Johnson The Tennessee Court of  Criminal Appeals recently decided a case involving one of the Defendants in t...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

1969 Murder Conviction Reversed By Court of Criminal Appeals

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Now this is a wild one. The original robbery and murder occurred at a Memphis liquor store in 1966 and a conviction against Ms. Freshwater w...
Friday, April 8, 2011

Appeals Court Reverses Homicide Conviction: Case Dismissed

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STATE v. LARRY WARD In this Memphis case a jury convicted Larry Ward in the negligent homicide of his wife.  The issue at trial was homicid...