COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

State vs. Frederick Sledge
W2001-02402-CCA-R3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.
The defendant was convicted of first degree murder and especially aggravated robbery and was originally sentenced to death and twenty years, respectively. The trial court ordered the sentences to be served consecutively. On appeal, this court affirmed both convictions but reversed the death sentence and remanded it for resentencing. On remand, the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment after a new sentencing hearing. The life sentence was ordered to be served consecutively to the original twenty-year sentence for especially aggravated robbery. The only issue raised on this appeal is whether, on remand, the trial court erred by not reconsidering the issue of consecutive sentencing when resentencing the defendant for the murder conviction. We affirm the sentence as imposed on remand by the trial court.

State of Tennessee v. Robert Lee Smartt
M2005-00176-CCA-R3-CO

Authoring Judge: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer
Trial Court Judge: John W. Rollins

Tony Blan D v. State of Tennessee
W2002-01784-CCA-R3-PC

Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett

Tony Bland v. State of Tennessee
W2002-01784-CCA-R3-PC

Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett

Arthur Ray Lepley
01C01-9903-CR-00084

Joe Utley vs. State of Tennessee
01C01-9709-CR-00428

Authoring Judge: Senior Judge L. T. Lafferty
Trial Court Judge: Judge Seth W. Norman

The appellant, Joe L. Utley, appeals as of right from a judgment of the Davidson County Criminal Court denying his petition for post-conviction relief. The petitioner alleges that trial and appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance in several areas. After a through review of the record, we REMAND to the trial court with instructions to enter a findings of fact and conclusions of law.

01C01-9508-CC-00257
01C01-9508-CC-00257


Trial Court Judge: J. S. Daniel

Knight vs. Knight
01A01-9710-CV-00609

Jaselyn Grant v. State of Tennessee
W2022-01453-CCA-R3-PC

Authoring Judge: Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge Chris Craft

The petitioner, Jaselyn Grant, appeals the denial of her petition for post-conviction relief,
which petition challenged her convictions of second degree murder, reckless
endangerment, and aggravated assault, alleging that she was deprived of effective
assistance of counsel at trial. Because the petitioner has failed to establish that she is
entitled to post-conviction relief, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

State of Tennessee v. Ricky Anderson
W2022-00452-CCA-R3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge Robert L. Holloway, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge Glenn Ivy Wright

Defendant, Ricky Anderson, appeals his Shelby County convictions for two counts of first
degree premeditated murder, for which he received concurrent life sentences. Defendant
contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his convictions and
that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting photographs of one of the deceased
victims. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Kristina Cole v. State of Tennessee
W2022-01245-CCA-R3-PC

Authoring Judge: Judge Robert L. Holloway, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge J. Robert Carter, Jr.

Petitioner, Kristina Cole, appeals the denial of post-conviction relief from her Shelby
County convictions for two counts of conspiracy to possess 300 grams or more of
methamphetamine with the intent to sell or deliver in a drug-free zone and two counts of
possession of 300 grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to sell or deliver in a
drug-free zone. Petitioner contends that she was denied the effective assistance of counsel
based upon counsel’s failure to: (1) object to irrelevant and prejudicial text messages
introduced at trial; (2) file a Bruton motion; (3) contest that Petitioner tracked the package
containing the methamphetamine; (4) adequately prepare for trial; (5) object when the State
argued that Petitioner’s silence implied guilt; (6) object when the prosecutor “testified
during closing argument in order to bolster his own credibility”; and (7) object when the
prosecutor intentionally misrepresented evidence during closing argument. Petitioner
further asserts that she is entitled to relief based on cumulative error. Following a thorough
review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

State of Tennessee v. Jacob A. Smith
E2023-01065-CCA-R3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge G. Scott Green

The defendant, Jacob A. Smith, appeals his Knox County jury conviction of unlawful
possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, challenging the trial court’s denial of his
motion to continue his trial to attain the assistance of an expert witness. Because the
defendant’s motion for new trial was untimely filed and because we decline to waive the
untimeliness of the defendant’s notice of appeal, we dismiss the appeal.

Kris Young v .State of Tennessee
E2022-00235-CCA-R3-PC

Authoring Judge: Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge G. Scott Green

The petitioner, Kris Young, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief,
which petition challenged his convictions of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery,
and aggravated burglary, alleging that the trial court erred in the jury instructions, that the
evidence was insufficient to support the aggravated kidnapping conviction, that the
kidnapping statutes are unconstitutionally vague, that his aggravated kidnapping
conviction violates the principles of double jeopardy, and that trial and appellate counsel
performed deficiently. Discerning no error, we affirm the denial of post-conviction relief.

State of Tennessee v. Marty W. Stanfill
M2002-00022-CCA-MR3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Steve E. Houston v. State of Tennessee
M2005-01943-CCA-R3-HC

Authoring Judge: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer
Trial Court Judge: Robert L. Holloway

State of Tennessee v. Jason Clinard
M2007-00406-CCA-R3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: George C. Sexton

State of Tennessee v. Mark A. Schiefelbein
M2005-00166-CCA-R3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.

Charles Edward Meriweather v. State of Tennessee
M2008-02329-CCA-R3-PC

Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

O3C01-9507-CR-00207
O3C01-9507-CR-00207


Trial Court Judge: Richard R. Baumgartner

O1C01-9703-CR-00084
O1C01-9703-CR-00084

O1C01-9805-CR-00218
O1C01-9805-CR-00218


Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

W1999-01047-CCA-R3CO
W1999-01047-CCA-R3CO


Trial Court Judge: John Franklin Murchison

State of Tennessee v. Carl G. Boone
M2009-00188-CCA-R3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: Robert L. Jones
The defendant, Carl G. Boone, was convicted by a Maury County jury of reckless endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor, and aggravated assault, a Class C felony. The trial court merged the reckless endangerment conviction into the aggravated assault conviction and sentenced the defendant as a Range II, multiple offender to ten years at thirty-five percent in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the defendant argues that the trial court imposed an excessive sentence by misapplying enhancement factors and failing to apply appropriate factors in mitigation. Following our review, we affirm the sentencing imposed by the trial court. However, we remand for entry of corrected judgment forms to reflect that the reckless endangerment count of the indictment merged into the aggravated assault count and that the defendant was found not guilty of the aggravated rape count rather than not guilty by reason of insanity, as marked on the judgment form.

W1998-00618-CCA-
W1998-00618-CCA-


Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey

W1998-00588-CCA-R3-
W1998-00588-CCA-R3-