Press Releases

April 7, 2016

The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied a request by a death row inmate to have a hearing to determine whether he is eligible to be executed because he is intellectually disabled, concluding that the procedural avenues he sought to use in this case do not entitle him to such a hearing.



April 1, 2016

The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed former judge and Williamson County attorney Robert E. Lee Davies to the position of senior judge.

Davies practices family law, personal injury, and business litigation in Williamson County.  He served from 2000-2008 as a circuit court judge in…



March 31, 2016

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Shelby County Attorney J. Ross Dyer to the Court of Criminal Appeals, Western Section, replacing Roger Page, who recently became a Tennessee Supreme Court Justice.

Dyer’s appointment will require confirmation by the Tennessee General Assembly.…