Friday, September 30, 2011

CCA Reverses Suppression of Evidence from DUI Checkpoint

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by  OfficerGreg State v. Charles H. Vires, Jr. The state appealed a ruling by Judge Robert Lee Holloway, Jr. granting Charles Vires mo...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Sixth Circuit Upholds a Chattanooga Man's Harsh 120-Month Sentence

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United States v. Tracy Bailey Today the Sixth Circuit upheld a harsh sentence of 120 months imprisonment for Tracy Bailey, a Chattanooga man...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution for Troy Davis

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"The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the court is denied....
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

DUI a Restatement of Sufficient Evidence

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. SHAWN DALE OWNBY The court offers a good restatement of the law for insufficiency of the evidence for a DUI case in T...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

More than $1.5 million lost by Mayor Ron Littlefield and the City of Chattanooga in 2011 for wrongful termination of Police Officers

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Todays' jury verdict of  $680,000 in favor of Chattanooga Police Officer Mickel Hoback is the second time this year that the city of Cha...

Chattanooga Police Officer Awarded $680,000 for Wrongful Termination by City

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The  Chattanoogan.com  reports that  a Federal Court jury on Thursday awarded $680,000 in damages to a former Chattanooga Police Officer who...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Suit Against City of Chattanooga and the Chattanooga Police Dept. Begins in Federal Court

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Plaintiff, Mickel Hoback, a former Chattanooga Police Department Officer is suing the City of Chattanooga for $1.5 Million claiming the City...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

U.S. Supreme Court to Examine the Constitutionality of Unreliable Eyewitness Identifications

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As we continue to preview the upcoming season of the U.S. Supreme Court, we will take a look at the case of Perry v. New Hampshire. This cas...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Sixth Circuit reverses on whether Michigan’s abolition of the Death Penalty is a “Mitigating Factor” that the jury may consider

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UNITED STATES v. MARVIN CHARLES GABRION, II In this Sixth Circuit appeal the Court considers whether Michigan’s long standing abolition of...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Revoked License Conviction Overturned--note to DUI practitioners

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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RICHARD E. BROWN, JR. In this Williamson County case Richard Brown contends (1) that the trial court improperly found...