Tennessee Criminal Law Review

published by Davis & Hoss, pc

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Sixth Circuit Says 911 Call Justifies Police Entry Into House

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In Stricker v. Township of Cambridge the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling concerning police and their ability to enter a private residence. Th...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of Woman Who Poisoned Her Best Friend

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On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by a woman convicted under a federal law that was meant to curb the existence of c...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

Defendant Charged with Animal Cruelty Denied Pretrial Diversion

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By Stevie Phillips On January 23, Justice Lee authored a unanimous Tennessee Supreme Court opinion in Stanton v. St...
Friday, January 25, 2013

TN Supreme Court addresses death penalty and mental capacity on appeal

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This appeal, Reid v. State , raises the question of whether a prisoner facing the death penalty has the mental capacity to abandon the pursu...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Court Rules Against Sex Offender Facebook Ban

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A federal appeals court ruled today that an Indiana law that bans registered sex offenders from accessing Facebook and other social networki...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Is Silence Golden? U.S. Supreme Court to Review Use of Pre-arrest Silence at Trial

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By Jay Perry Recently the Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal of Salinas v. Texas , a case involving the murder of two men in 1992....
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Varlan Sworn in as Eastern District's Chief Federal Judge

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U.S. District Judge Tom Varlan yesterday accepted the gavel as chief judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee in a ceremony packed with f...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Tiny Typo Leads to Flawed Warrant and Excluded Evidence

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What may have seemed like a small typo on a warrant amounted to enough reason for a judge to prevent prosecutors from using evidence collect...
Saturday, January 5, 2013

31 DUI arrests reported for New Year's Eve in 16 counties around Chattanooga

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The Times Free Press reports today that 31 DUI arrests occurred over New Years as part of the "No Refusal" enhanced enforcement. ...

24 APPLY FOR OPEN SEAT ON JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION

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The Administrative Office of the Courts has received 24 applications for the seat on Judicial Nominating Commission created by the retiremen...
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