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State of Tennessee v. Jubal Carson
03S01-9606-CR-00063
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Trial Court Judge: Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the defendant, who assisted his co-defendants in committing an aggravated robbery, was criminally responsible under Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-402(2) for additional offenses committed by them.

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Marvin & Ellyse McCarley vs. West Food Quality Service
02S01-9610-CV-00085

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Marvin & Ellyse McCarley vs. West Food Quality Service
02S01-9610-CV-00085

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Westand Land West Community Association, et al. v. Knox County, et al.
03S01-9610-CH-00098
Authoring Judge: Justice Janice M. Holder
Trial Court Judge: Judge Sharon J. Bell

We granted this appeal to determine whether Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-105(a) mandates submission of a newly proposed zoning classification amendment to the regional planning commission following the commission's rejection of a similar but different proposed classification. The Court of Appeals held that the statute does not require futile resubmissions of revised proposals. We, however, find that the proposal in question was not merely a revised prior
proposal but was a new and previously unsubmitted proposal. The statute clearly mandates submission of new proposals to the regional planning commission. We reverse the Appellate Court and hold that the new zoning proposal should have been submitted to the regional planning commission.

Knox Supreme Court

03S01-9607-CV-00082
03S01-9607-CV-00082

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State of Tennessee v. David Paul Martin
03S01-9604-CR-00040
Authoring Judge: Justice E. Riley Anderson
Trial Court Judge: Judge Richard Baumgardner

We granted review in this case to determine whether a court-ordered mental evaluation violated the defendant’s right against self-incrimination and the right to counsel under the United States and Tennessee Constitutions.

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02S01-9611-Ch-00101
02S01-9611-Ch-00101
Trial Court Judge: Robert A. Lanier

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State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080

Davidson Supreme Court

Stein vs. Davidson Hotel Company
01S01-9610-CV-00202

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Kite vs. Kite
03S01-9610-CH-00099

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State vs. Chad Douglas Poole
02S01-9607-CC-00064

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State vs. Downey
03S01-9604-CC-00039

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Krick vs. City of Lawrenceburg
01S01-9511-CV-00220

Lawrence Supreme Court

State vs. Chad Douglas Poole
02S01-9607-CC-00064

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Moore vs. State
03S01-9607-CR-00073

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03S01-9610-CV-00106
03S01-9610-CV-00106

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State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080

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State vs. Barry L. Speck
02S01-9601-CR-00001
Trial Court Judge: L. Terry Lafferty

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State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080

Davidson Supreme Court

State vs. Henry Eugene Hodges
01S01-9505-CR-00080
Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz

Davidson Supreme Court

Bush vs. State
03S01-9604-CC-00047

Cumberland Supreme Court

Lawson vs. Lear
03S01-9509-CV-00105

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Terry L. Hicks vs. State
02S01-9607-CC-00063

Madison Supreme Court

Michael Dean Bush v. State of Tennessee
03S01-9604-CC-00047
Authoring Judge: Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge Leon Burns, Jr.

In this capital case, the defendant, Michael Dean Bush, was convicted of Although not relevant to this appeal, the trial judge imposed a three-year sentence concurrent to the death penalty for the burglary conviction. 2 "Whenever the death penalty is imposed for first degree murder and when the judgment has become final in the trial court, the defendant shall have the right of direct appeal from the trial court to the Court of Criminal Appeals. The affirmance of th e conviction and the sentence of death shall be automatically reviewed by the Tennessee Supreme Court. Upon the affirmance by the Court of C rim inal Appeals, th e clerk shall docket the case in the Supreme Court and the case sha ll proceed in accordance with the T ennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure.” -2- premeditated first degree murder and first degree burglary.1 In the sentencing hearing, the jury found two aggravating circumstances: (1) “[t]he murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel in that it involved torture or serious physical abuse beyond that necessary to produce death;” and (2) “[t]he murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding, interfering with or preventing a lawful arrest or prosecution of the defendant or another.” Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-204(i)(5) and (6) (1991). Finding that the two aggravating circumstances outweighed mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt, the jury sentenced the defendant to death by electrocution.

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Joe C. Meighan, Jr., for himself and all others similarly situated, v. U.S. Sprint Communications Company
03S01-9502-CV-00014
Authoring Judge: Justice Lyle Reid
Trial Court Judge: Judge Dale C. Workman

The case is before the Court on a petition for writ of mandamus. This is one of three cases1 in which landowners have filed suit against U.S. Sprint Communications Company (Sprint), asserting claims for inverse condemnation and trespass and seeking certification as a class action. Buhl v. Sprint and the instant case, Meighan, have been before this Court on appeal.2 The relief sought is an order directing the trial court in McCumber v. Sprint to vacate its order certifying a class action and to defer to the trial court in this case on that issue. The Court, heretofore, entered an order staying the proceedings in all three cases pending this hearing.

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