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The Defendant, Guillermo Zapata, was convicted in the Shelby County Criminal Court of two counts of aggravated sexual battery, a Class B felony. After a sentencing hearing, the trial court merged the ...

A criminal judgment is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3)....

Appellant appeals the dismissal of his second lawsuit seeking damages and injunctive relief against four defendants allegedly associated with his criminal prosecution. The trial court dismissed the se...

The Defendant, Joshua Beadle, was convicted by a Shelby County Criminal Court jury of aggravated rape. The trial court sentenced him to serve twenty-five years and to community supervision for life. O...

Trial court does not commit plain error in continuing to sentence appellant after prosecutor breaches agreement to remain silent at sentencing where the prosecutor requested his statements be stricken...

<bold>Nuisance — noise ordinance — constitutionality — prior restraints on free</bold> <bold>speech</bold> <block_quote> The trial court erred by concluding that a county noise ordinance was not ...

Pursuant to McCoy v. Louisiana (138 S. Ct. 1500), a criminal defendant has a right under the sixth amendment to the United States constitution to autonomy in deciding the fundamental objectives of his...

Petitioner, Joe Edward Daniels, appeals as of right from the Jackson County Criminal Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, wherein he challenged his convictions for first degree p...

CRIMINAL TRESPASS – SUFFICENCY – PRIVILEGE – REASONABLE AND LEGITIMATE BASIS: Defendant's conviction for criminal trespass was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight ...

The Defendant, Jeffrey Cochran, was convicted by a McMinn County Criminal Court jury of aggravated kidnapping, for which he is serving a nine-year sentence. See T.C.A. § 39- 13-304(a)(5) (2018). On ap...

Defendant, Robert L. Cody, III, was convicted of conspiracy to possess 26 grams or more of cocaine with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a drug-free zone (count one) possession of a firearm with in...

A criminal judgment revoking probation and resentencing a defendant is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4)....

The Petitioner, Terrance Lawrence, appeals from the Davidson County Criminal Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his convictions for especially aggravated kidnapping, aggrav...

Defendant, Jerome Nchiyako Dooley, appeals the Knox County Criminal Court's partial revocation of his probation. He argues on appeal that: (1) the trial court revoked Defendant's probation on grounds ...

The defendant, Cantrell Devon Hodges, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a felony drug offense, two counts of possession of marijuana with intent to...

CRIMINAL LAW - gross sexual imposition R.C. 2907.05 ineffective assistance of counsel deficient performance defense strategy prejudice sexual contact R.C. 2907.01 maximum sentence principles and purpo...

QUESTIONS: Could state-law authorization, under an agreement pursuant to Chapter 25 of Division 10 of the Business and Professions Code, for medicinal or adult-use commercial cannabis activity, or bot...

The defendant, Lemonderius Antwan Goodner, was convicted by a Davidson County Criminal Court jury of premeditated first-degree murder, felony murder, and attempted especially aggravated robbery, for w...

The petitioner, Shawn Rafael Bough, appeals the Knox County Criminal Court's summary denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence, filed pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.1. D...

APPELLATE REVIEW - App.R. 4(A)(1) untimely appeal remedy to file untimely criminal appeal under App.R. 5(A)....

The defendant, Roger Dean Guin, appeals his Knox County Criminal Court jury convictions of aggravated sexual battery, rape of a child, assault, rape, incest, and sexual battery by an authority figure,...

This appeal concerns sentencing issues only. Defendant, Robert W. Pitt, II, pleaded guilty in the Sumner County Criminal Court to five counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, involving one vi...