⚖️ Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

William E. Blake, Jr., Petitioner, claims that he is entitled to post-conviction relief because he received ineffective assistance of counsel and because the jurors in his trial were not impartial and...

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...

A Madison County jury convicted the Defendant, Priscilla Ann Barnett, of one count of first degree premediated murder, one count of felony murder during the perpetration of aggravated child abuse, and...

The Petitioner, Michelle Shoemaker, is appealing the trial court's summary dismissal of her habeas corpus petition. After reviewing the parties' briefs and the record on appeal, the court finds that t...

Defendant, Nicholas J. Walden, appeals the trial court's order revoking his probationary sentence for theft of property valued between $1,000 and $10,000 and ordering him to serve his original four-ye...

The Petitioner, Bryant Jackson Harris, appeals the Hawkins County Criminal Court's denial of his post-conviction petition, seeking relief from his convictions of first degree premeditated murder, firs...

The Petitioner-Appellant, Jacob Scott Hughes, appeals from the denial of his petition seeking post-conviction relief from his convictions of first-degree felony murder and aggravated child abuse, for ...

A Cocke County jury found Defendant, Richard William Phillips, guilty of aggravated statutory rape. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erroneously "set[] a one-hour deadline for the jury to c...

A Blount County jury convicted Defendant, Terry Lynn Nuchols, of four counts of identity theft and one count of forgery, as alleged in four separate indictments. By agreement, all indictments were con...

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...

A Marshall County Circuit Court jury convicted the Defendant-Appellant, Kevin Dewayne Stinnett, of possession of heroin with the intent to sell or deliver, possession of .5 grams or more of cocaine wi...

The Defendant-Appellant, Ryan Winston, was convicted of two counts of felony murder and one count each of first-degree premeditated murder, especially aggravated robbery, and aggravated burglary. The ...

The Petitioner, Nathan G. Flemming, appeals from the Knox County Criminal Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his convictions for attempted first degree murder, especially a...

Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-11-125, the Dickson County Circuit Court suspended Tennessee Bonding Company as a company authorized to write bail bonds in the Twenty-Third Judicial Di...

A Shelby County jury convicted the Defendant, Edward Barber, of rape of a child and the trial court imposed a twenty-eight year sentence. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence is insuffi...

Following a Knox County jury trial, Defendant, Bobby Hansard, was convicted of one count of first degree murder, three counts of attempted first degree murder, and one count of unlawful possession of ...

In 2008, a Madison County jury convicted the Petitioner, Newt Carter, of aggravated rape and aggravated burglary. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of twenty-five years. Multiple filings e...

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...

The Defendant, Elijah Garrison, was convicted by a Madison County Circuit Court jury of first degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm. T.C.A. §§ 39-13-202 (2018) (first degree murder) 39-17...

Petitioner, Timothy Allen Johnson, appeals the denial of his post-conviction petition, arguing that the post-conviction court erred in finding that he received the effective assistance of counsel at t...

Jamarcus Dequan Murdock, Defendant, was convicted in a jury trial of two counts of aggravated robbery. He also pled guilty to separate charges of robbery and aggravated robbery. The trial court impose...

The Defendant, Kevin Owens, was convicted by a Shelby County jury of attempted first degree murder, a class A felony, and employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, a class C fel...

The Petitioner, Michael V. Morris, appeals the Trousdale County Circuit Court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in which the Petitioner challenged his classification as a career offen...

Defendant, Shelton Stone Goss, was convicted by a Tipton County Jury of attempted second degree murder, aggravated burglary, five counts of burglary of a vehicle, two counts of theft under $500, one c...

Eric Dewayne Wallace, Petitioner, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus claiming that he was being illegally detained because his fifteen-year sentence for attempted first degree murder, which wa...

Defendant, Trevor H. Taylor, pled guilty to three separate sales of cocaine. Corresponding guilty pleas to delivery of cocaine were merged with the sale of cocaine convictions. The negotiated plea agr...