COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

State of Tennessee v. Otis J. Wickfall
02C01-9711-CR-00442
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Judge W. Fred Axley

The Defendant, Otis J. Wickfall, ap peals as of right his conviction for first degree murder in the Shelby County Crimina l Court. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. In this appeal, Defendant raises the following issues:  I. Whether the trial court erred in denying Defendant’s Motion for Judgment of Acquittal based on the evidence presented by the State;  II. Whether the trial court erred in allowing the introduction of the victim’s blood-staine d shirt to show the trajectory and angle of the bullet;  III. Whether the trial court erred in allowing the introduction of a photograph of a recording label depicting the slang term for murder;  IV. Whether the trial court erred in taking judicial notice of California Penal Code section 187 defining murder; and V. Whether the trial court erred in its jury ins tructions.  After a careful review of the reco rd, we affirm the judgm ent of the trial court.

State of Tennessee v. James Clay Romines
03C01-9804-CC-00140
Authoring Judge: Senior Judge L.T. Lafferty
Trial Court Judge: Judge D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

The defendant, James Clay Romines, appeals as of right from a ruling of the Blount County Criminal Court revoking his probation. The defendant presents one issue for appellate review: whether the trial court erred by ordering the defendant to serve eleven days in jail as punishment for a second violation of probation. After a review of the record, briefs of the parties, and appropriate law, the trial court’s judgment is affirmed.

State of Tennessee vs. Barry Waddell
01C01-9801-CR-00016
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Judge Cheryl Blackburn

The Defendant, Barry Waddell, appeals as of right from his conviction in the Davidson County Crimina l Court. After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two (2) counts of rape of a child (Counts 1 and 2) and two (2) counts of aggravated sexual battery (Counts 3 and 4). Defendant was sentenced to twenty-five (25) years for each count of rape of a child and ten (10) years for each count of aggravated sexual battery, with all sentences to be served consecutively, for an effective sentence of seventy (70) years. Defendant argues that the trial court improperly sentenced him to the maximum period of incarceration for his rape of a child convictions and erred in ordering his sentences to be served consecutively. We affirm in pa rt, and reverse and modify in part.

State of Tennessee vs. Paul Carr Moss, Jr.
01C01-9803-CC-00118
Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R. Wade
Trial Court Judge: Judge John H. Gasaway, III

The defendant, Paul Carr Moss, Jr., was indicted for the first degree murder of his wife, Peggy Ann Moss. He was convicted of second degree murder, a Class A felony. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-210. The trial court imposed a Range I sentence of twenty-five years. The defendant was fined $50,000.00.

State vs. Lowell Clayton Gredig, Jr.
03C01-9801-CC-00017
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

State vs. Joel Guilds
01C01-9804-CC-00182

State vs. Stanley Abell
02C01-9805-CR-00129
Trial Court Judge: W. Fred Axley

State vs. Stanley Abell
02C01-9805-CR-00129
Trial Court Judge: W. Fred Axley

State vs. Charles Bledsoe
02C01-9809-CC-00269

Mark S. Miller vs. State
03C01-9803-CR-00108

State vs. Ronnie Garner
01C01-9806-CC-00258

State vs. Billy Brown
02C01-9805-CR-00157

State vs. Lewis L. Bell a/k/a Lewis Coleman a/k/a Lewis Ingram
01C01-9807-CR-00279

James Harold Register vs. State
01C01-9605-CC-00199

James E. Kenner vs. State
01C01-9709-CR-00424
Trial Court Judge: J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

State vs. David Gribble
03C01-9810-CC-00350

Charles Bobo vs. State
03C01-9802-CR-00064
Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

State vs. Freddie Pollard
02C01-9802-CR-00042
Trial Court Judge: John P. Colton, Jr.

State vs. Eugene Kerrent
02C01-9809-CC-00288

State vs. Gary Sanders
02C01-9902-CC-00045

State vs. Holly Ralston
03C01-9803-CR-00099

Willie J. Odom vs. State
03C01-9803-CR-00107

03C01-9801-CR-0043
03C01-9801-CR-0043

State vs. Walter Wilson
W2001-01463-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey
Walter Wilson, the defendant, was convicted of second-degree murder, felony murder, and attempted especially aggravated robbery by a Shelby County jury. The jury sentenced the defendant to life without the possibility of parole for the felony-murder conviction, and the trial court imposed a consecutive, ten-year sentence in the Department of Correction for the attempted especially aggravated robbery. On appeal, the defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, that applicable lesser-included offenses were not charged to the jury, and that consecutive sentencing is inappropriate because he is not a dangerous offender. We affirm the attempted especially aggravated robbery conviction, but we reverse and remand for a new trial on the homicide counts based on the failure to instruct on lesser-included offenses.

Stanley Powell vs. State
01C01-9804-CC-00169
Trial Court Judge: William B. Cain