Opinions

State vs. Eunyce Saunders
E1998-00230-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Phyllis H. Miller

State vs. Eunyce Saunders
E1998-00230-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Phyllis H. Miller

E1999-00915-CCA-R3-PC
E1999-00915-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: R. Steven Bebb

State s. Amanda Lee Sutton
E1999-00920-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil
The defendant, a former day care worker, pled guilty to Class D felony child abuse for breaking the jaw of a two-year-old child in her care. She was given a three-year sentence, to be served in split confinement, with six months in the county workhouse and four years of supervised probation. On appeal, the defendant raises the issues of whether the trial court erred in considering the age, vulnerability, and risk to the victim's life as a sentencing enhancement factor when the offense was already classified according to the age of the victim, and whether the trial court erred in failing to utilize alternative sentencing. Based upon our review, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

State vs. Michelle Ferguson
E1999-01302-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Carroll L. Ross
Defendant Michelle Ferguson was convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated child abuse and one count of first degree murder in perpetration of aggravated child abuse. The trial court subsequently imposed concurrent sentences of eighteen years, eighteen years, and life. Defendant challenges her convictions, raising the following issues: (1) whether the evidence was sufficient to support her convictions; (2) whether the trial court erred when it failed to sever the trials for the charges in this case; and (3) whether the trial court erred when it failed to grant a motion for a mistrial. The judgment of the trial court is reversed, and the case is remanded for a new trial.

State vs. James Chapman
E1999-01315-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

State vs. Gordon Scott Katz
E1999-01220-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Norma McGee Ogle
Trial Court Judge: James B. Scott, Jr.
The appellant, Gordon Scott Katz, was found guilty by a jury in the Criminal Court of Anderson County of one count of auto burglary, a class E felony, and one count of theft under $500, a class A misdemeanor. Subsequently, the trial judge granted the appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal. The State appealed. This court reversed the trial court's judgment of acquittal and remanded for further proceedings. The appellant then moved for a new trial. The trial court denied the appellant's motion for new trial, stating that the opinion of this court mandated a reinstatement of the jury's verdict. The appellant appeals and presents the following issues for our review: (1) whether the trial court erred in ruling that the previous order of the Court of Criminal Appeals required denial of the motion for new trial; (2) whether the indictment in this case is fatally defective such as to require dismissal of this charge; (3) whether the evidence of intent to commit a felony is insufficient to support the conviction; and, (4) whether the evidence of intent to deprive the owner is insufficient to support the conviction. Upon review of the record and the parties' briefs, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand for a new trial.

State vs. Robert Blocker
E1999-01624-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

State vs. Harvey Holt
E1999-01552-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: Ben W. Hooper, II

State vs. Henry C. Bond
E1999-02183-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer
Trial Court Judge: Ray L. Jenkins
The Defendant was convicted by a Knox County jury of two counts of forgery not exceeding $500. The Defendant was sentenced as a career offender to concurrent terms of six years on each conviction. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence is not sufficient to support his convictions for forgery. Finding no error, we affirm.

State vs. Clint T. Melton
E1999-02090-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes

William Boyd v. State of Tennessee
E1999-02179-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Richard R. Baumgartner

State vs. Henry Christopher Johnson
E1999-02501-CCA-R3-CD
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer

State vs. Norris
03C01-9606-CC-00212
Trial Court Judge: W. Lee Asbury

State vs. Caslin
03C01-9605-CR-00202

Momon vs. State
03C01-9605-CR-00187
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil

State vs. Jarnagin
03C01-9609-CR-00351
Trial Court Judge: James E. Beckner

State vs. Cain
03C01-9609-CR-00347
Trial Court Judge: Stephen M. Bevil

State vs. Fisher
03C01-9610-CR-00370
Trial Court Judge: Ben K. Wexler

Seigle vs. State
03C01-9610-CR-00364
Trial Court Judge: Frank L. Slaughter

State v. Mayes
03C01-9610-CR-00365
Trial Court Judge: Frank L. Slaughter

State vs. Rauhuff
03C01-9610-CC-00382
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

Ashburn vs. State
03C01-9704-CR-00118
Trial Court Judge: E. Eugene Eblen

State vs. Melissa D. Anderson
03C01-9704-CC-00136

State vs. Tallent
03C01-9703-CR-00086