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November 12, 1998 -- Volume 4 -- Number 165
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SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE STATE LIST FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TSC_Rules/statelst_119.WP6
DEBORAH H. STEELE
VS.
SUPERIOR HOME HEALTH CARE OF CHATTANOOGA, INC., and
DAVID TWOMBLEY, individually
Court:TCA
Attorneys:
For Appellant Superior Home For Appellee
Health Care of Chattanooga, Inc.
GRACE E. DANIELL
J. SCOTT McDEARMAN Starr & Daniell, P.C.
TONYA K. CAMMON Chattanooga, Tennessee
Grant, Konvalinka &
Harrison, P.C.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
For Appellant David Twombley
JOHN C. HARRISON
CYNTHIA R. FREEMON
Baker, Donelson, Bearman &
Caldwell
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Judge:SUSANO
First Paragraph:
The plaintiff, Deborah H. Steele ("Steele"), brought this action
against her former employer, Superior Home Health Care of Chattanooga,
Inc. ("Superior"), and her former supervisor, David Twombley
("Twombley"), alleging that she was the victim of, among other things,
sexual harassment, outrageous conduct, and the intentional infliction
of emotional distress.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/steeledh_opn.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
VS.
ROBERT GOSS and CARL HALE
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
For Appellant Goss: For the Appellee:
Robert Wilder Charles W. Burson
Bank of Ripley Bldg. Attorney General of Tennessee
Ripley, TN 38063 and
(AT TRIAL) Deborah A. Tullis
Asst Attorney General of Tennessee
D. Michael Dunavant 450 James Robertson Parkway
Bank of Ripley Bldg. Nashville, TN 37243-0493
Ripley, TN 38063
(AT TRIAL & ON APPEAL)
Elizabeth T. Rice
For Appellant Hale: District Attorney General
302 Market Street
Gary F. Antrican Somerville, TN 38068
District Public Defender and
P.O. Box 700 Mark Davidson
Somerville, TN 38068 Asst District Attorney General
and Lauderdale County Justice Center
Julie K. Pillow 675 Highway 51
Assistant Public Defender Ripley, TN 38063
151 Industrial Road
Covington, TN 38019
Judge:TIPTON
First Paragraph:
The defendants, Robert Goss and Carl Hale, appeal as of right from
their jury convictions in the Lauderdale County Circuit Court for
first degree murder and aggravated assault, a Class C felony. The
defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment for their convictions
for first degree murder. The trial court sentenced Goss as a Range
II, multiple offender to ten years in the custody of the Department of
Correction for the aggravated assault conviction. It sentenced Hale
as a Range III, persistent offender to fifteen years in the custody of
the Department of Correction for the aggravated assault conviction.
The trial court ordered the defendants to serve their respective
sentences consecutive to each other and consecutive to prior
sentences. On appeal, the defendants contend that the evidence is
insufficient to support their convictions and that the trial court
erred by admitting into evidence a photograph of the murder victim.
In addition, Goss contends that the trial court erred by denying his
motion to suppress a statement made by him. Hale also contends that
the trial court improperly denied his motion for a preliminary hearing
or, in the alternative, to dismiss the indictment. We affirm the
judgments of conviction.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/gosshale_opn.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
VS.
MICHAEL S. HOLMES
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
FOR THE APPELLANT:
C. MICHAEL ROBBINS (on appeal)
46 North Third Street, Suite 719
Memphis, TN 38103
GEORGE MORTON GOOGE (at trial)
District Public Defender
MICHAEL D. RASNAKE (at trial)
DANIEL J. TAYLOR
Assistant District Public Defenders
227 West Baltimore Street
Jackson, TN 38301-6137
FOR THE APPELLEE:
JOHN KNOX WALKUP
Attorney General and Reporter
ELIZABETH T. RYAN
Assistant Attorney General
Cordell Hull Building, 2nd Floor
425 Fifth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0493
JAMES G. (JERRY) WOODALL
District Attorney General
DONALD H. ALLEN
Assistant District Attorney General
P.O. Box 2825
Jackson, TN 38302-2825
Judge:RILEY
First Paragraph:
On March 5, 1997, a Chester County jury found defendant guilty of
Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Kidnapping, Felony
Escape, Burglary of a Vehicle, and Theft of Property Over $1,000. The
trial court sentenced the defendant to an effective twenty-year
sentence on the subject charges, to run consecutively to both a prior
Shelby County sentence and a thirty-year federal sentence.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/holmesms_opn.WP6
STATE OF TENNESSEE
VS.
WALTER JOHNSON
Court:TCCA
Attorneys:
FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE:
ROBERT C. BROOKS JOHN KNOX WALKUP
707 Adams Avenue Attorney General and Reporter
Memphis, TN 38177
ELIZABETH T. RYAN
Assistant Attorney General
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0493
WILLIAM L. GIBBONS
District Attorney General
JAMES M. LAMMEY
Assistant District Attorney General
Criminal Justice Complex, Suite 301
201 Poplar Street
Memphis, TN 38103
Judge:WELLES
First Paragraph:
On May 1, 1997, the Defendant, Walter Johnson, was convicted by a
Shelby County jury of especially aggravated kidnapping and was
subsequently sentenced to twenty-five years as a Range I offender.
The Defendant now appeals his conviction and sentence as of right,
pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. We
affirm the judgment of the trial court.
URL:http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/johnsowa_opn.WP6
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