State vs. Tina Earls
03C01-9901-CC-00025
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

State vs. Lowery
03C01-9710-CR-00475
Trial Court Judge: Ray L. Jenkins

State vs. J. Brown
03C01-9710-CR-00484
Trial Court Judge: R. Steven Bebb

State of Tennessee v. Larry Wayne Burney
M1999-00628-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Robert W. Wedemeyer

Jerry Neal Carpenter vs. State
E2001-01732-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge F. Lloyd Tatum
Trial Court Judge: Richard R. Baumgartner
The petitioner, Jerry Neal Carpenter appeals from the order of Knox County Circuit Court denying his petition for post-conviction relief. The post-conviction court dismissed Carpenter's petition, finding that the only claim alleged, i.e., the ineffectiveness of counsel, was without merit. In this appeal as of right, Petitioner challenges the lower court's ruling. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

Anthony Stokes vs. State
E2002-02597-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R Wade
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

State vs. Brian Waters
E1999-00551-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

State vs. Gary Haney
E1999-00552-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Ben W. Hooper, II

State vs. Gary Haney
E1999-00552-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Ben W. Hooper, II

State vs. Luther Ray Dotson, Jr.
E1999-00640-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

State vs. Luther Ray Dotson, Jr.
E1999-00640-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

State vs. Vernon Haas
E1999-00690-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

E1999-00915-CCA-R3-PC
E1999-00915-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: R. Steven Bebb

State s. Amanda Lee Sutton
E1999-00920-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil
The defendant, a former day care worker, pled guilty to Class D felony child abuse for breaking the jaw of a two-year-old child in her care. She was given a three-year sentence, to be served in split confinement, with six months in the county workhouse and four years of supervised probation. On appeal, the defendant raises the issues of whether the trial court erred in considering the age, vulnerability, and risk to the victim's life as a sentencing enhancement factor when the offense was already classified according to the age of the victim, and whether the trial court erred in failing to utilize alternative sentencing. Based upon our review, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

Johnny Rutherford vs. State
E1999-00932-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: James B. Scott, Jr.

State vs. Richard Eugene Trivette
E1999-00944-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles
Trial Court Judge: Phyllis H. Miller
The Defendant was convicted of two counts of sexual battery. His plea agreement provided for concurrent sentences of two years for his convictions, with the manner of service of the sentences to be determined by the trial judge. The trial judge ordered that the Defendant serve 280 days of his sentences in the county jail, with the balance to be served on intensive probation. On appeal, the Defendant argues that the trial judge erred by ordering him to serve 280 days in jail. We modify the sentences imposed by the trial court.

State vs. Gordon Scott Katz
E1999-01220-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Norma McGee Ogle
Trial Court Judge: James B. Scott, Jr.
The appellant, Gordon Scott Katz, was found guilty by a jury in the Criminal Court of Anderson County of one count of auto burglary, a class E felony, and one count of theft under $500, a class A misdemeanor. Subsequently, the trial judge granted the appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal. The State appealed. This court reversed the trial court's judgment of acquittal and remanded for further proceedings. The appellant then moved for a new trial. The trial court denied the appellant's motion for new trial, stating that the opinion of this court mandated a reinstatement of the jury's verdict. The appellant appeals and presents the following issues for our review: (1) whether the trial court erred in ruling that the previous order of the Court of Criminal Appeals required denial of the motion for new trial; (2) whether the indictment in this case is fatally defective such as to require dismissal of this charge; (3) whether the evidence of intent to commit a felony is insufficient to support the conviction; and, (4) whether the evidence of intent to deprive the owner is insufficient to support the conviction. Upon review of the record and the parties' briefs, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand for a new trial.

State vs. Michelle Ferguson
E1999-01302-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Carroll L. Ross
Defendant Michelle Ferguson was convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated child abuse and one count of first degree murder in perpetration of aggravated child abuse. The trial court subsequently imposed concurrent sentences of eighteen years, eighteen years, and life. Defendant challenges her convictions, raising the following issues: (1) whether the evidence was sufficient to support her convictions; (2) whether the trial court erred when it failed to sever the trials for the charges in this case; and (3) whether the trial court erred when it failed to grant a motion for a mistrial. The judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the case is remanded for a new trial.

State vs. James Chapman
E1999-01315-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

State of Tennessee v. Gregory A. Hedges
E1999-01350-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

State vs. Ann Elizabeth Martin
E1999-01361-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil
Defendant Ann Elizabeth Martin was convicted of driving under the influence, first offense. In this appeal as of right she argues (1) the trial court erred when it did not suppress blood test results because of statutory and constitutional infirmities in the implied consent form; and (2) the stop of her vehicle and subsequent arrest are unconstitutional because the arresting officer did not have a reasonable articulable suspicion warranting a traffic stop. Held: the implied consent form complies with the statutory requirements. However, the officer who arrested Defendant did not have a reasonable articulable suspicion warranting a traffic stop. Defendant's conviction is reversed, and the case is remanded for dismissal of the charge.

William Howell vs. State
E1999-01502-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley

E1999-01504-CCA-R2-CD
E1999-01504-CCA-R2-CD
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

E1999-01504-CCA-R2-CD
E1999-01504-CCA-R2-CD
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

State vs. Harvey Holt
E1999-01552-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: Ben W. Hooper, II