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TBALink Opinion-Flash
December 12, 1997 -- Volume #3 -- Number #131
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JOHN LEE NEWTON and, VICTORIA CARTER NEWTON vs. DENISE TINSLEY, Individually and as ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF CARL THOMAS TINSLEY Court:TCA Attorneys: Bruce A. Anderson, Vonda M. Laughlin, BUTLER, VINES AND BABB, P.L.L.C., Knoxville, Tennessee Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Appellants. Paul E. Dunn, Dallas T. McRenolds, III DUNN, MacDONALD & COLEMAN, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee Janet L. Hogan, HOGAN & HOGAN, Knoxville, Tennessee Attorneys for Defendant/Appellee. Judge:FARMER First Paragraph: Plaintiffs John Lee Newton and Victoria Carter Newton appeal the trial court's order granting the motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant/Appellee Denise Tinsley in her individual capacity. We affirm based on our conclusion that, under the facts of this case, Tinsley owed no legal duty to prevent injury to the Newtons. URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/newtonjl_opn.WP6
ROBIN MEDIA GROUP, INC.,
A Tennessee Corporation d/b/a East
Tennessee Cablevision,
vs.
KENNETH M. SEATON,
EAST COAST CABLEVISION, and
THE CITY OF PIGEON FORGE, TENNESSEE
Court:TCA
Attorneys:
Hugh B. Bright, Jr.,
Norman G. Templeton,
WOOLF, McCLANE, BRIGHT, ALLEN & CARPENTER, Knoxville, Tennessee
Attorney for Plaintiff/Appellant.
C. Dan Scott,
Katherine M. Hamilton,
SCOTT & ASSOCIATES, Sevierville, Tennessee
Attorney for Defendant/Appellee Kenneth M. Seaton.
Douglas S. Yates, BRABSON, YATES & HAMILTON, Sevierville, Tennessee
Attorney for Defendant/Appellee East Coast Cablevision.
Norma McGee Ogle, OGLE, WYNN & RADER, Sevierville, Tennessee
Attorney for Defendant/Appellee City of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Judge:FARMER
First Paragraph:
Plaintiff Robin Media Group, Inc., appeals the trial court's judgment
dismissing its claims for declaratory and injunctive relief against
Defendants/Appellees Kenneth M. Seaton, East Coast Television, and the
City of Pigeon Forge. We affirm in part and reverse in part the trial
court's judgment based, inter alia, on East Coast's concession that
Robin Media had standing to maintain this action.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/robinmg_opn.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
CARLITO D. ADAMS
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
For Appellant: For Appellee:
William D. Massey John Knox Walkup
3074 East Street Attorney General and Reporter
Memphis, TN 38128
(on appeal) Karen M. Yacuzzo
Assistant Attorney General
Brett Stein 450 James Robertson Parkway
236 Adams Avenue Nashville, TN 37243-0493
Memphis, TN 38103
and John W. Campbell
Wayne Chastain Assistant Attorney General
147 Jefferson Avenue Criminal Justice Complex, Ste. 301
Memphis, TN 38103 201 Poplar Street
(at trial) Memphis, TN 38103
Judge:WADE
First Paragraph:
The defendant, Carlito D. Adams, was convicted of two counts of first
degree felony murder and two counts of attempted first degree felony
murder. He received concurrent life sentences for the felony murder
convictions. The trial court imposed Range I, fifteen and twenty-five
year sentences for the two attempted felony murder convictions, to be
served consecutively to each other and to his life sentences, for an
aggregate sentence of life plus forty years.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/adamscd_opn.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
HOWARD BROWN, ALIAS,
DUNKER
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
For the Appellant: For the Appellee:
Susan E. Shipley Charles W. Burson
800 Gay Street Attorney General of Tennessee
1610 Plaza Tower and
Knoxville, TN 37929 Hunt S. Brown
Asst Attorney General of Tennessee
450 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0493
Honorable Randall E. Nichols
District Attorney General
and
Charme P. Johnson
Greg Harrison
Asst District Attorneys General
City County Building
Knoxville, TN 37902
Judge:Tipton
First Paragraph:
The defendant, Howard Brown, alias, Dunker, appeals from his
conviction in the Knox County Criminal Court for aggravated rape, a
Class A felony. He was sentenced as a Range I, standard offender to
twenty years to be served in the custody of the Department of
Correction.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/brownh_opn.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
TRACEY PENDERGRASS
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE:
L. THOMAS AUSTIN JOHN KNOX WALKUP
Attorney at Law Attorney General & Reporter
P.O. Box 666
Dunlap, TN 37327 SANDY R. COPOUS
Assistant Attorney General
425 Fifth Avenue North
2nd Floor, Cordell Hull Building
Nashville, TN 37243
JAMES MICHAEL TAYLOR
District Attorney General
WILL DUNN
Assistant District Attorney General
265 Third Avenue, Suite 300
Dayton, TN 37321
Judge:WOODALL
First Paragraph:
The Defendant, Tracey Pendergrass, appeals as of right pursuant to
Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. The Defendant
was convicted of aggravated child abuse following a jury trial in the
Circuit Court of Bledsoe County. She was sentenced to ten years as a
Range I offender. The Defendant argues the following five issues in
her appeal: (1) Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it
allowed family members to testify as to statements made by the minor
child several hours after he was injured; (2) whether the trial court
abused its discretion when it allowed the attending nurse to testify
as to statements made by the child which identified the Defendant as
the cause of the injury; (3) whether the trial court erred when it
neglected to include a lesser included offense in its charge to the
jury; (4) whether the trial court abused its discretion when it
refused to grant the Defendant's motion for a mistrial after four
jurors were allowed to use the telephone after the case was submitted
to the jury; and (5) whether the trial court erred when it imposed a
sentence of ten (10) years upon the Defendant. For the reasons stated
below, we remand this case to the trial court for a hearing on the
issue of jury separation.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/pndrgrst_opn.WP6
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/pndrgrst_con.WP6
CHARLES R. SMITH
vs.
ALTON HESSON, WARDEN
Court:TCCA
Judge:JONES
First Paragraph:
This matter is before the Court upon the state's motion to affirm the
judgment of the trial court in accordance with Rule 20, Rules of the
Court of Criminal Appeals. In March 1991, the petitioner was indicted
on one count of rape and one count of sexual battery. Though the
judgment is not contained in the record, it appears the petitioner was
subsequently convicted of rape and sexual battery, and received an
effective sentence of thirteen years. On June 18, 1997, the
petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging
the sufficiency of the indictment entered against him. The trial
court denied relief.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/smith-c1_ord.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
vs.
CHARLES DAVID VANDERFORD
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE:
J. Daniel Freemon John Knox Walkup
Attorney at Law Attorney General & Reporter
327 West Gaines Street 500 Charlotte Avenue
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464 Nashville, TN 37243-0497
Eugene J. Honea
Assistant Attorney General
450 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0493
G. Robert Radford
District Attorney General
P.O. Box 686
Huntingdon, TN 38344-0686
John W. Overton, Jr.
Asst District Attorney General
P.O. Box 484
Savannah, TN 38372
Judge:Jones
First Paragraph:
The appellant, Charles David Vanderford (defendant), was convicted of
possessing over five grams of cocaine, a Class B felony, and
possessing more than .5 ounces of marijuana, a Class E felony, by a
jury of his peers. The trial court found the defendant was a standard
offender and imposed the following Range I sentences: a fine of
$25,000 and confinement for nine (9) years in the Department of
Correction for possessing cocaine and a fine of $5,000 and confinement
for eighteen (18) months in the Department of Correction for
possessing marijuana. The sentences are to be served concurrently.
The effective sentence imposed consisted of fines totaling $30,000 and
confinement for nine (9) years in the Department of Correction.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/vandrfdc_opn.WP6
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