Monday, February 28, 2011

Tennessee Supreme Court Holds Records of IMEF Not Subject to Tennessee Open Records Act

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THOMAS M. GAUTREAUX v. INTERNAL MEDICINE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC The Tennessee Supreme Court held that because IMEF is neither the functi...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

Expungement Proper on Dismissed Counts of Indictment Even When There Is A Conviction on Other Counts

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. AMADO RUBIO TAVER    In this Davidson County case Tavara plead guilty to DUI and the state dismissed, nolle proseq...
Friday, February 25, 2011

Eleventh Circuit holds 18 U.S.C. § 924(j) allows for concurrent sentences

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U.S. v. Julian , No. 09-13673 (February 22, 2011) The issue before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was whether murder with a firear...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

CCA Rejects Overly Broad DUI Certified Question in Sequatchie County Case

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOHN ANTHONY PARTIN In this Sequatchie County case before Judge Smith, the defendant pled guilty to first offense DUI...

CCA Affirms That Pending Charges May Serve As A Basis For Revocation

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MICHAEL PIERRE ADAMS In this Hamilton County case Judge Poole revoked Adams' probation after a community correc...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

TN Supreme Court Affirms Johnson City Employee Conviction

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DANNY LYNN DAVIS Today the Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Danny Lynn Davis , an employee of Johns...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Sixth Circuit Vacates and Remands Another Child Pornography Case

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USA v. S AM L. HOWELL Today the Sixth Circuit released USA v. Howell .  Howell pleaded guilty to transporting, receiving, and possessing ch...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Assault & Disorderly Conduct Jury Verdict in Knoxville Reversed By CCA

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. GARY LYNN HARVEY In State v. Harvey , the defendant was found guilty by a Knox County Criminal Court jury of assault...

Domestic Abuse Ambiguous But Specific Enough For Conviction

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This February Opinion from the Court of Criminal Appeals originated from Hamilton County Criminal Court, Poole, J., following a bench trial,...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

DUI Legislation Introduced in the Tennessee House 2011

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The following are ten House Bills introduced in 2011 that effect DUI Laws in Tennessee. DUI Offenses   - As introduced, lowers the DUI en...