COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

01C01-9409-CC-00319
01C01-9409-CC-00319
Trial Court Judge: James K. Clayton, Jr.

01C01-9411-CR-00397
01C01-9411-CR-00397
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

01C01-9501-CC-00023
01C01-9501-CC-00023
Trial Court Judge: Jim T. Hamilton

01C01-9501-CC-00023
01C01-9501-CC-00023
Trial Court Judge: Jim T. Hamilton

01C01-9505-CC-00159
01C01-9505-CC-00159

01C01-9508-CR-00280
01C01-9508-CR-00280

01C01-9509-CC-00311
01C01-9509-CC-00311
Trial Court Judge: James K. Clayton, Jr.

02C01-9508-CR-00219
02C01-9508-CR-00219
Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman

02C01-9604-CR-00130
02C01-9604-CR-00130
Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey

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01C01-9605-CC-00177

03C01-9508-CR-00220
03C01-9508-CR-00220

03C01-9204-CR-00125
03C01-9204-CR-00125
Trial Court Judge: Joseph F. Dirisio

03C01-9502-CR-00049
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03C01-9506-CR-00162
03C01-9506-CR-00162

02C01-9404-CC-00082
02C01-9404-CC-00082
Trial Court Judge: John Franklin Murchison

02C01-9309-CC-00201
02C01-9309-CC-00201
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

02C01-9409-CC-00193
02C01-9409-CC-00193

02C01-9504-CC-00114
02C01-9504-CC-00114

02C01-9508-CC-00227
02C01-9508-CC-00227
Trial Court Judge: John Franklin Murchison

01C01-9506-CC-00166
01C01-9506-CC-00166

01C01-9704-CR-00129
01C01-9704-CR-00129

03C01-9505-CR-0
03C01-9505-CR-0
Trial Court Judge: Frank L. Slaughter

03C01-9510-CC-00297
03C01-9510-CC-00297

State of Tennessee vs. Danny R. Morris
01C01-9506-CC-00206
Authoring Judge: Judge John H. Peay
Trial Court Judge: Judge Allen W. Wallace

The defendant, Danny R. Morris, was convicted at a jury trial of aggravated robbery, a Class B felony. The trial court sentenced the defendant as a Range I offender to a term of confinement of twelve years in the Department of Correction.

State of Tennessee v. Danny R. Morris - Dissenting
01C01-9506-CC-00206
Authoring Judge: Presiding Joe B. Jones
Trial Court Judge: Judge Allen W. Wallace

I respectfully dissent.

The crime committed by the appellant, Danny R. Morris, was despicable. I am sure that the jury, like myself, was enraged as the evidence unfolded. This atrocious crime was committed in the jury’s home county by two inmates who escaped from a prison in an adjoining county. Morris and Barrett were much younger than the victim. They feigned illness and acted as if one of them needed assistance. When the elderly victim stopped to lend assistance, Morris and Barrett took advantage of the victim’s act of kindness. Nevertheless, we as citizens must not lose sight of the fact that ours is a Nation of laws. These laws govern the conduct of every citizen. As this Court said in Hodges v. State, 491 S.W.2d 624, 626 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1972), cert. denied (Tenn. 1973): “[O]dious individuals are not governed by one law and the remaining citizens by another; all are protected by the same general law.”