COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

State of Tennessee v. Jeremy M. Batey
M1999-00245-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry L. Smith
Trial Court Judge: Judge J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

A Davidson County jury convicted the appellant, Jeremy M. Batey, of one count of reckless homicide, a Class D felony. The trial court sentenced the appellant as a Range I offender to three years incarceration in the local workhouse. On appeal the appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying him an alternative sentence solely on the basis that the crime involved a death. We hold that where the legislature has provided for alternative sentencing in certain homicide offenses, the denial of an alternative sentence solely on the basis of the victim’s death is erroneous. However, in the instant case the circumstances of the offense, including illegal drug and alcohol use which contributed to the offense, and the appellant’s history of alcohol and drug abuse, including the use of marijuana 2 ½ years after the offense and approximately four months prior to his trial justify the denial of alternative sentencing.

State vs. Daniel Phillips, Jr.
E1999-01104-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley

State vs. Fred Edmond Dean
E1998-00135-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles

01C01-9905-CC-00180
01C01-9905-CC-00180
Trial Court Judge: Donald P. Harris

State vs. Gregory Lavell Carson, Jr.
M1999-00315-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge L. Terry Lafferty
Trial Court Judge: J. Stephen Daniel

State vs. Susan L. Adams a/k/a Shannon Adams
M1999-01200-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge L. Terry Lafferty
Trial Court Judge: Cornelia A. Clark

Michael Allen Hamlin vs. State
M1999-00936-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley

M1999-01517-CCA-R3-PC
M1999-01517-CCA-R3-PC

M1998-00323-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00323-CCA-R3-CD

State vs. Michael A. Daniel
M1998-00092-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles

01C01-9807-CR-00298
01C01-9807-CR-00298
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

John Hessmer vs. State
M2004-02818-CCA-R3-HC
Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith
Trial Court Judge: Monte D. Watkins
This matter is before the Court upon the State's motion to affirm the judgment of the trial court by memorandum opinion pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. The petitioner has appealed the trial court's order summarily dismissing the petition for writ of habeas corpus. Upon a review of the record in this case, we are persuaded that the trial court was correct in summarily dismissing the habeas corpus petition and that this case meets the criteria for affirmance pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. Accordingly, the State's motion is granted and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

01C01-9811-CC-00453
01C01-9811-CC-00453

W1999-01011-CCA-R3-PC
W1999-01011-CCA-R3-PC

State vs. John Ruff
W1999-01457-CCA-R3-CD

State vs. Lester Coble
W1998-00690-CCA-R3-CD

State vs. James Higgins
W1999-01726-CCA-R3-PC

State vs. Anthony Anderson
W1999-01730-CCA-R3-PC

State vs. John H. Williams
W1999-01731-CCA-R3-PC

State vs. Christopher Max Hall
M1998-00180-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes
Trial Court Judge: Leon C. Burns, Jr.

State vs. Eric Thomas
W1999-01255-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey

State vs. Stanley Adams
W1999-02741-CCA-R3-PC

E1999-01363-CCA-R3CD
E1999-01363-CCA-R3CD
Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

State vs. Hester
03C01-9704-CR-00144

State vs. Hester
03C01-9704-CR-00144
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil