State vs. Talley
03C01-9709-CR-00380
Trial Court Judge: Rebecca J. Stern

James Majors vs. State
01C01-9804-CR-00172
Trial Court Judge: Jane W. Wheatcraft

State vs. Darryl Bailey
02C01-9506-CR-00176

State vs. William Bucy
02C01-9709-CC-00363
Trial Court Judge: Julian P. Guinn

J.C. Bradford vs. Southern Realty
02A01-9801-CH-00006
Trial Court Judge: D. J. Alissandratos

State vs. Rathal Perkins
02C01-9708-CC-00325

State vs. Ronnie Graham
02C01-9711-CR-00444

State vs. David Cliff
02C01-9711-CC-00450

State vs. George Washington
02C01-9710-CR-00408

State vs. Walter Wilson
02C01-9710-CR-00412

James R. Reynolds, v. Tennessee Board of Parole, et al.
01A01-9701-CH-00016
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle

This appeal involves an inmate’s challenge to the denial of his application for parole by the Tennessee Board of Paroles. After serving approximately ten years ofa 35-year sentence for aggravated rape, the inmate filed a petition for a common-law writ of certiorari in the Chancery Court for Davidson County asserting that the Tennessee Board of Paroles was illegally and arbitrarily declining to honor his plea bargain agreement. The trial court dismissed the petition on the grounds that it failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted and because it was not timely filed. The inmate has appealed pro se. We concur that the petition was not timely filed and affirm its dismissal in accordance with Tenn. Ct. App. R. 10(b).1

Beatty vs. McGraw et al
01A01-9701-CV-00046
Trial Court Judge: Conrad E. Troutman, Jr.

Ricky Melvin vs State
01C01-9707-CR-00264

State vs. Jeremy Amis
01C01-9709-CC-00385

01C01-9710-CC-00505
01C01-9710-CC-00505
Trial Court Judge: Allen W. Wallace

Mark Higgins vs State
01C01-9711-CC-00513

James Hancock et ux vs. U-Haul Co. of TN
01A01-9801-CC-00001
Trial Court Judge: James E. Walton

State vs. Perez
03C01-9603-CC-00134
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

03C01-9601-CC-00029
03C01-9601-CC-00029
Trial Court Judge: James Curtis Smith

Cannon vs. State
03C01-9801-CC-00012
Trial Court Judge: J. Curtis Smith

Martin R. Craddock vs. State of Tennessee
01C01-9704-CR-00161
Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton
Trial Court Judge: Judge J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

The petitioner, Martin R. Craddock, appeals as of right from the Davidson County Criminal Court’s denial of habeas corpus relief. He is presently in the custody of the Department of Correction serving a Range I sentence of ten years for his conviction of aggravated sexual battery in 1995. He contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the judgment entered against him is void because the indictment for aggravated sexual battery fails to allege the mens rea for the offense. We affirm the dismissal of the petition.

State of Tennessee vs. Michael Brent Cook
01C01-9710-CR-00495
Authoring Judge: Judge Thomas T. Woodall
Trial Court Judge: Judge Jane W. Wheatcraft

The Defendant, Michael Brent Cook, appeals as of right from the revocation of his probation by the Sumner County Criminal Court. He contends that the trial court abused its discretion in revoking his proba tion. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Gardner v. Modine Mfg. Co.
03S01-9710-CV-00127
Authoring Judge: Roger E. Thayer, Special Judge
Trial Court Judge: Hon. James B. Scott, Jr., Circuit Judge

This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code3 Ann. § 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law.  The employer, Modine Manufacturing Company, Inc., has appealed from the action of the trial court in awarding the employee, Jamia B. Gardner, 80% permanent partial disability to each arm.  The trial court dismissed the case against the Second Injury Fund. On appeal the employer contends (1) there was no evidence of a permanent injury to the employee’s left arm, (2) the award of 80% to each arm was excessive and (3) the trial court was in error in dismissing the case against the Second Injury Fund.  The Second Injury Fund also contends the awards of disability are not supported by the evidence but insists the court was correct in holding it was not liable for payment of benefits.

Shin Yi (Sunny) Lien and wife Ann Lien, v. Ruth Couch, Individually and Big Ridge Emu Ranch, Inc. et al.
01A01-9609-CV-00398
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.
Trial Court Judge: Judge Bobby H. Capers

This appeal involves an interstate contract dispute over ten pairs of emu chicks. Two Tennessee residents declined to honor their contract to purchase the chicks after the Arkansas breeders attempted to substitute chicks different from those advertised for sale. The breeders filed a breach of contract suit in Arkansas against the purchasers seeking to recover the unpaid purchase price, and the purchasers filed suit in the Circuit Court for Wilson County seeking to recover their down payment as well as treble damages and attorney’s fees under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act. After the breeders obtained a judgment in Arkansas against the purchasers, they moved to dismiss the purchasers’ Tennessee lawsuit on the ground that the Arkansas judgment was res judicata to the purchasers’ Tennessee claims. The trial court agreed and dismissed the purchasers’ claims. On this appeal, the purchasers assert that the Arkansas judgment should not have precluded them from pursuing their Tennessee Consumer Protection Act claims in Tennessee. We agree because the Arkansas court did not have the power to award the full measure of relief the purchasers are seeking in the Tennessee proceedings.
 

State of Tennessee vs. Sheryl Pendergrass
01C01-9708-CR-00359
Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Gary R. Wade
Trial Court Judge: Judge Jane W. Wheatcraft

The defendant, Sheryl L. Pendergrass, appeals a certified question of law pursuant to Rule 37(b)(2)(I), Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure. In the Sumner County Criminal Court, the defendant pleaded guilty to three drug offenses, subject to reservation of the certified question. In her certified question, the defendant contends that law enforcement officers infringed on her rights to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures pursuant to the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and article 1, section 7 of the Tennessee Constitution. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.