Court of Criminal Appeals Opinions - 1^st Quarter 1999

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The following Tennessee Court of Appeals Opinions are available for download:

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Cases posted the week of 03/29/1999
State vs. Lester Arnold Clouse - 01C01-9802-CR-0069 View
State vs. James G. Frazier - 01C01-9804-CR-00179 View
State vs. Samuel Kimoe Robinson - 01C01-9803-CC-00153 View
State vs. Joseph Martin Thurman - 01C01-9706-CC-00231 View
State vs. Jesse Dawan - 02C01-9709-CC-00370 View
State vs. Courtney Price/Robertson - 02C01-9804-CC-00115 View
State vs. Alexander Cawthon - 02C01-9803-CC-00089 View
State vs. Kerry Chearis - 02C01-9710-CC-00407 View
State vs. Timothy Hopper - 02C01-9709-CC-00371 View
State vs. Howard Atkins - 02C01-9809-CC-00295 View
State vs. Thomas Bradley - 02C01-9803-CC-00084 View

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Cases posted the week of 03/22/1999
State vs. Antonio Coach - 02C01-9805-CC-00160 View
State vs. Darren Smith - 02C01-9506-CR-00157 View
State vs. Darren Smith - 02C01-9506-CR-00157 (Dissent) View
State vs. Jennie Bain Ducker - 01C01-9704-CC-00143 View
Ami E. Smith vs. State - 01C01-9811-CR-00438 View
State vs. Timothy Bradley - 01C01-9804-CC-00165 View
State vs. Michael Allen Price - 01C01-9803-CC-00126 View
State vs. Leland Ray Reeves - 01C01-9711-CR-00515 View
State vs. Leland Ray Reeves - 01C01-9711-CR-00515 (Concur) View
Arzolia Charles Goines vs. State - 03C01-9710-CR-00456 View
State vs. Michael Samuel Eidson - 03C01-9711-CR-00506 View
Mickey Cresong vs. State - 03C01-9801-CR-00003 View
State vs. Arthur Ireson - 03C01-9711-CR-00495 View
State vs. Chesley Randell Thompson - 03C01-9807-CC-00238 View
State vs. Russell Barnes - 02C01-9805-CC-00133 View
State vs. Vincent Burris - 02C01-9703-CC-00087 View
State vs. Neal Jackson - 02C01-9708-CR-00322 View
State vs. Ricky Keele - 02C01-9805-CC-00139 View
State vs. Tarrell Lowe - 02C01-9812-CC-00386 View
State vs. James Anders - 02C01-9806-CC-00179 View
State vs. Chris Freeman - 02C01-9807-CC-00202 View
State vs. Robert Morton - 02C01-9807-CC-00230 View
State vs. Jerry Patterson - 02C01-9802-CC-00039 View
Roy Howard vs. State - 03C01-9802-CC-00079 View
State vs. Johnny Martin - 03C01-9711-CR-00520 View
State vs. Lauren E. Leslie & Janie Whitehead - 03C01-9804-CR-00125 View
State vs. Rodney Ayers - 02C01-9805-CR-00149 View
State vs. Edward Davis - 02C01-9712-CC-00480 View
State vs. Walter Gaines - 02C01-9806-CC-00172 View
State vs. Anthony Holt - 02C01-9809-CC-00272 View
State vs. James Moore - 02C01-9511-CC-00337 View
State vs. Issac Williams - 02C01-9802-CR-00049 View

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Cases posted the week of 03/15/1999
James Michael Pitts vs. State - 01C01-9803-CR-00130 View
State vs. Jeffrey Edward Pitts - 01C01-9701-CC-00003 View
State vs.Kenneth Williams - 01C01-9801-CR-00046 View
Larry E. Davis vs. State - 01C01-9803-CR-00119 View
Thomas Harris vs. State - 01C01-9709-CR-00423 View
State vs. Thomas H. Martin - 01C01-9805-CC-0219 View
State vs. Fredrick Neblett - 01C01-9805-CR-00232 View
State vs. Lonnie Cannon - 03C01-9801-CR-00005 View
State vs. Clifton Wallen - 03C01-9710-CC-00461 View
State vs. Reginald Johnson - 03C01-9801-CC-00006 View
State vs. Thomas Boone - 02C01-9805-CR-00146 View
State vs. Tyrone Chalmers - 02C01-9703-CR-00109 View
State vs. Devon Crawford - 02C01-9803-CR-00061 View
State vs. Donald Culbreath & Genna McCallie - 02C01-9805-CR-00145 View
State vs. Francesca Turner & Charles Taylor - 02C01-9806-CC-00189 View
State vs. Robert Burton - 02C01-9807-CC-00226 View
State vs. Gary Carr - 02C01-9709-CR-00368 View
State vs. Billy Harris - 02C01-9808-CC-00240 View
State vs. Clem Henry - 02C01-9803-CR-00063 View
State vs. Timothy Inman - 02C01-9808-CC-00254 View
State vs. Tommy Nunley - 02C01-9804-CR-00114 View
State vs. Luther White - 02C01-9809-CC-00259 View
State vs. George Brooks - 02C01-9803-CR-00096 View
State vs. Tyrone Chalmers - 02C01-9711-CC-00449 View
State vs. Glen Clayborn - 02C01-9803-CR-00062 View
State vs. Torrance Johnson - 02C01-9704-CR-00150 View
State vs. Joe Person - 02C01-9806-CC-00175 View
State vs. Victoria Teran & Joseph Sullivan - 02C01-9803-CC-00071 View
State vs. Willie Thornton - 02C01-9809-CC-00260 View
State vs. Charles Scott Ashworth - 01C01-9804-CC-00181 View
State vs. Monroe Joe Hargrove - 01C01-9712-CR-00567 View
State vs. Cassandra McKissack - 01C01-9711-CC-00543 View
State vs. Michael J. Russo - 01C01-9803-CR-00108 View
State vs. Dustin Dwayne Davis - 03C01-9712-CR-00543 View
State vs. John Perry Roberts - 03C01-9804-CR-00164 View
State vs. Gene Ivan Amanns - 03C01-9712-CR-00527 View
State vs. Walter Lee Allen & Gary L. Haney - 03C01-9712-CC-00547 View

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Cases posted the week of 03/08/1999
Brandon A. Miller vs. State - 03C01-9803-CR-00102 View
Samuel S. Minton vs. State - 03C01-9806-CC-00197 View
Eddie Howard vs. State - 03C01-9604-CC-00167 View
State vs. Kevin S. Phillips - 03C01-9801-CR-00024 View
Jerry E. Biggs vs. State - 01C01-9711-CR-00514 View
State vs. Charles Hayes - 01C01-9804-CC-00176 View
Charles Haynes vs. State - 01C01- 9803-CC-00142 View
State vs. Leslie R. Holt - 01C01-9804-CR-00188 View
State vs. Michael D. Martin -01C01-9708-CR-00329 View
State vs. Charles Crenshaw - 01C01-9802-CR-00073 View
State vs. Pennie W. Watson - 01C01-9709-CC-00439 View
State vs. Brian Thomas Kluever - 03C01-9805-CC-00170 View
State vs. Delivetrick Blocker - 03C01-9803-CR-00120 View
State vs. Rema Morgan - 03C01-9803-CR-00123 View
State vs. Jerry Ellison - 03C01-9707-CR-00291 View
A.D. Barker vs. State - 03C01-9604-CC-00177 View
State vs. Robert Pfoff - 03C01-9804-CR-00138 View
State vs. Christopher Curtis - 03C01-9802-CR-00071 View
State vs. Demetrius Robinson - 03C01-9712-CC-00549 View

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Cases posted the week of 03/01/1999
State vs. Walter Allison - 01C01-9711-CC-99532 View
State vs. Jason Bradburn - 01C01-9803-CC-00110 View
Billy Joe Greenwood vs. State - 01C01- 9803-CR-00134 View
William D. Pewitt vs. State - 01C01-9804-CC-00195 View
Gregory Jordan - 01C01-9807-CC-00-283 View
State vs. Melony Brandon - 01C01-9803-CC-00147 View
State vs. Willie Cole - 01C01-9801-CR-00006 View
State vs. Buford Jester - 01C01-9808-CC-00326 View
State vs. Tracy Hamilton - 01C01-9804-CR-00151 View
State vs. William M. Neely - 01C01-9803-CR-00125 View
State vs. Maurice Teague - 02C01-9806-CC-00187 View

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Cases posted the week of 02/22/1999
State vs. Nathaniel Allen - 01C01-9804-CC-00164 View
State vs. Ross Austin - 01C01-9709-CR-00401 View
Harry Conklin vs. State - 01C01-9708-CR-00347 View
State vs. John Scales - 01C01-9709-CR-00412 View
State vs. John Whitten - 01C01-9803-CR-00106 View
State vs. Cleo Henderson - 02C01-9709-CR-00356 View
State vs. Cleo Henderson - 02C01-9709-CR-00356 (Dissent) View
State vs. Martin Jones - 03C01-9803-CR-00084 View
State vs. Wiliam Belser - 03C01-9803-CR-00110 View
State vs. Curtis Bolton - 03C01-9707-CR-00255 View
State vs. Woodrow Wilson Mounger - 03C01-9802-CR-00081 View
State vs. Gerald Henry - 01C01-9505-CR-00161 View
State vs. John Hill - 01C01-9802-CC-00072 View
State vs. Stephen Freeman - 03C01-9712-CC-00523 View
State vs. Shelly Bragg, Kenneth Story and Craig Story - 01C01-9805-CC-00236 View
State vs. Bradley D. Davis - 01C01-9804-CC-00189 View
State vs. Grady Gatlin - 01C01-9807-CC-00287 View
State vs. Charles Hamlin - 01C01-9604-CC-00174 View
State vs. Laura Hudson - 01C01-9508-CC-00270 View
State vs. Nathan McKissack - 01C01-9804-CC-00190 View
State vs. Brian Roberson - 01C019708-CC-00334 View

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Cases posted the week of 02/15/1999
State vs. James Clinton Wolford - 03C01-9708-CR-00319 View
State vs. Gilbert Smith - 03C01-9708-CC-00360 View
State vs. Jimmy Noah - 03C01-9710-CC-00436 View
State vs. Guillermo Juan - 03C01-9708-CR-00318 View
State vs. Marty Thatcher - 03C01-9710-CC-00446 View
State vs. Robert Gillespie - 03C01-9710-CC-00455 View
State vs. Timothy Wayne Reece - 03C01-9803-CR-00098 View
William Terry Wyatt - 03C01-9802-CC-00057 View
State vs. Paul Dejongh - 03C01-9806-CR-00211 View
State vs. John Slate - 03C01-9804-CC-00147 View
State vs. Brandon Patrick - 03C01-9712-CC-00548 View
David Thurman vs. State - 03C01-9809-CR-00312 View
David Cox vs. State - 03C01-9712-CC-00532 View
Donald R. West vs. State - 03C01-9812-CC-00437 View
State vs. CarlosHayes - 02C01-9712-CR-00483 View
State vs. Cedric Dickerson - 02C01-9802-CR-00051 View
State vs. Darryl Kennedy - 02C01-9708-CR-00318 View
James Judd vs. State - 01C01-9805-CR-00204 View
State vs. Leonard Prater - 01C01-9710-CC-00499 View
State vs. Leonard Prater - 01C01-9710-CC-00499 (Concur) View

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Cases posted the week of 02/08/1999
State vs. Graves - 03C01-9803-CC-00090 View
State vs. Bohanan - 03C1-9709-CC-00434 View
Ricky Brown vs. State - 01C01-9708-CR-00363 View
State vs. Jeffery Holder - 01C01-9801-CC-00044 View
State vs. Delores Smith & David Robinson - 01C01-9609-CR-00412 View
State vs. Jeff Warfield - 01C01-9711-CC-00504 View
State vs. Zip Gillespie - 02C01-9703-CR-00088 View
State vs. David Keen - 02C01-9709-CR-00365 View
State vs. Keffer - 03C01-9709-CC-00413 View
State vs. Warren - 03C1-9804-CC-00145 View
State vs. Mark Crites - 01C01-9711-CR-00512 View
State vs. Terrance Crowder - 01C01-9711-CR-00544 View
State vs. Christopher Davis - 01C01-9710-CR-00506 View
State vs. Keith Jackson - 01C01-9801-CR-00020 View
State vs. La Southaphanh - 01C01-9804-CC-00173 View
State vs. Mary Caruthers - 02C01-9806-CC-00162 View
State vs. Roy Nelson - 03C01-9710-CR-00454 View
Coy Williams vs. State - 03C01-9801-CC-00013 View
Denver McMath vs. State - 03C01-9712-CR-00525 View
Phillip Shupe vs. State - 03C01-9804-CC-00126 View
State vs. Farris Morris - 02C01-9801-CC-00012 View
State vs.Lamanis Owens - 02C01-9803-CC-00088 View
Richard Capanyola vs. State - 01C01-9811-CC-00472 (Rule 20 Affirmance Order) View
State vs. Craig Micah Leak - 01C01-9710-CC-00480 View
State vs. Freddie R. Guye - 01C01-9803-CC-00141 View
State vs. Daryl Hooper - 01C01-9711-CC-00507 View
State vs. Wiley Tipton - 01C01-9803-CC-00131 View

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Cases posted the week of 02/01/1999
State vs. Caughorn - 03C01-9707-CC-00301 View
State vs. Adam Black - 02C01-9708-CR-00303 View
State vs. Johnnie Howard - 02C01-9712-CC-00477 View
State vs. Bobby Love - 02C01-9809-CR-00261 View
State vs. Marcus Polk - 02C01-9710-CR-00389 View
State vs. Charles Porter - 02C01-9806-CC-00178 View
State vs. Phenix Ross - 02C01-9808-CC-00246 View
State vs. Bankston - 03C01-9608-CR-00302 View
State vs. Crawford - 03C01-9802-CR-00082 View
Rayford Martin vs. State - 03C01-9707-CR-00286 View
State vs. Timmy Beavers - 01C01-9709-CC-00394 View
State vs. Leonard Owens - 01C01-9709-CC-00394 View
Pease vs. State - 03C01-9804-CR-00132 View
Johnson vs. State - 03C01-9707-CR-00241 View
State vs. Larry Brown - 03C01-9803-CR-00097 View
Sanjines vs. State - 03C1-9706-CR-00229 View
State vs. Quincy Bledsoe - 02C01-9712-CC-00491 View
State vs. Tiffany Betts - 02C01-9709-CC-00337 View
State vs. Christopher Eacholes - 02C01-9803-CR-00065 View
State vs. Tony Williams - 02C01-9810-CC-00301 View
State vs. Huskey - 03C01-9811-CR-00410 View
State vs. Michael Clark - 01C01-9802-CC-00087 View
State vs. Bobby Simmons - 01C01-9803-CC-00127 View
State vs. Donald Stephens - 01C01-9711-CC-00551 View
State vs. Ricky Woodard - 01C01-9802-CC-00056 View

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Cases posted the week of 01/25/1999
State vs. Lamb - 03C01-9708-CC-00346 View
State vs. Joan Hall - 01C01-9710-CC-00503 View
Tod Waller vs. State - 01C01-9712-CR-00565 View
State vs. Bohnenstiel - 03C01-9801-CC-00035 View
State vs. Tate - 03C01-9712-CR-00553 View
Watt vs. State - 03C01-9609-CR-00343 View
Roger Harris vs. State - 03C01-9712-CR-00516 View
Aaron Walker vs. State - 03C01-9802-CR-00046 View
State vs. Thomas Cunningham - 01C01-9801-CC-00003 View
State vs. Johnny Hines - 01C01-9709-CC-00405 View
State vs. Keith Slater - 01C01-9709-CC-00435 View
State vs. Quinton Cage - 01C01-9605-CC-00179 View
Steve E. Todd vs. State - 01C01-9612-CR-00503 View
State vs. Lawrence Webb - 01C01-9711-CR-00519 View
Knight vs. Knight - 01A01-9710-CV-00609 View
State vs. Anthony Brasfield - 02C01-9808-CC-00257 View
State vs. El Paso Pitts - 02C01-9803-CR-00091 View

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Cases posted the week of 01/18/1999
State vs. Parks Bryan - 01C01-9711-CC- 00521 View
State vs. Parks Bryan - 01C01-9711-CC- 00521 (Concur) View
State vs. Erik Jackson - 01C01-9707-CR-00293 View
State vs. Tracy Mullins - 01C01-9803-CR-00115 View
State vs. Victor Kelly - 01C01-9709-CC-00429 View
State vs. Ricky D. Keen - 01C01-9802-CR-00074 View
State vs. Michael Robinson - 01C01-9612-CC-00536 View

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Cases posted the week of 01/11/1999
State vs. Wembley - 03C01-9803-CC-00088 View
State vs. Strickland - 03C01-9801-CC-00556 View
State vs. Holloway - 03C01-9712-CC-00533 View
Gary Harris vs. State - 03C01-9803-CR-00085 View
Greg Morgan vs. State - 03C01-9611-CR-00404 View
State vs. Aaron Carroll - 02C01-9805-CR-00140 View
State vs. Howard Epps - 02C01-9710-CR-00410 View
State vs. Roy Keough - 02C01-9708-CR-00317 View
State vs. Grace Matthews - 02C01-9801-CR-00013 View
State vs. Connie Wilson - 02C01-9706-CC-00217 View
George French vs. State, Ricky Bell, Warden - 01C01-9801-CR-00022 View
State vs. Pamela Scuderi - 01C01-9803-CC-00135 View
State vs. Craig Bryant - 02C01-9707-CR-00286 View

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Cases posted the week of 01/04/1999
State vs. Cowart - 03C01-9512-CR-00402 View
State vs. Allen & Coen - 03C01-9708-CC-00367 View
State vs. James Williams - 02C01-9710-CR-00388 View
State vs. James Williams - 02C01-9710-CR-00388 (Concur) View
State vs. William Davis - 01C01-9803-CC-00138 View
State vs. Rodney Ford - 01C01-9708-CR-00365 View
State vs. Rodney Ford - 01C01-9708-CR-00365 (Dissent) View
Anthony Hines - 01C01-9801-CC-00053 (Rule 20 Affirmance Order) View
Marvin Massey vs. State - 01C01-9711-CR-00520 View
State vs. James Willis - 01C01-9802-CC-0086 View
State vs. Killian - 03C01-9711-CC-00513 View
Harris vs. State - 03C01-9803-CR-00086 View
State vs. Fenderson - 03C01-9711-CR-00496 View
State vs. Harvey - 03C01-9710-CC-00447 View
State vs. Woods - 03C01-9801-CC-00029 View
Seals vs. State - 03C01-9802-CC-00050 View
State vs. Hunley - 03C01-9712-CC-00539 View
State vs. Rosa - 03C01-9707-CR-00261 View
Twitty vs. State - 03C01-9707-CR-00310 View
State vs. Vickie Herron/Wanda Griffin - 02C01-9702-CR-00067 View
State vs. Isaiah Higgs - 02C01-9801-CR-00021 View
State vs. Tony Young - 02C01-9801-CR-00010 View
Bruce Little vs. State - 01C01-9710-CR-00461 View
Bruce Little vs. State - 01C01-9710-CR-00461 (Dissent) View
James Thomas Jefferson vs. State - 01C01-9711-CR-00538 View
James Thomas Jefferson vs. State - 01C01-9711-CR-00538 (Dissent) View
State vs. Roger Bennett - 01C01-9607-CC-00319 View
State vs. Roger Bennett - 01C01-9607-CC-00319 (Concur) View
State vs. Terry Smith - 01C01-9609-CC-00404 View
State vs. Dimarko B. Williams - 01C01-9701-CC-00030 View