January 12, 2000 Volume 6 -- Number 005 What follows is the case style or name, first paragraph, author's name, and the names of attorneys for the parties of each opinion released eletronically today to TBALink from Tennessee's three appellate courts. 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Pera Editor-in-Chief, TBALink STATE OF TENNESSEE VS. CONNIE L. ARNOLD Court:TCCA Attorneys: For the Appellant: For the Appellee: Bob McD. Green Paul G. Summers Post Office Box 28 Attorney General of Tennessee Johnson City, TN 37605 and Marvin S. Blair, Jr. Assistant Attorney General of Tennessee 425 Fifth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37243 Joe C. Crumley, Jr. District Attorney General and Lisa D. Rice Assistant District Attorney General 144 Alf Taylor Road Johnson City, TN 37601 Judge: TIPTON First Paragraph: The defendant, Connie L. Arnold, appeals as of right his convictions by a jury in the Carter County Criminal Court for child rape, a Class A felony, and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, a Class B felony. The trial court sentenced the defendant as a Range I, standard offender to consecutive sentences of twenty-five years and twelve years, respectively, to be served in the custody of the Department of Correction. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/ArnoldConnieLee.wpd STATE OF TENNESSEE VS. LACONIA LAMAR BOWERS Court:TCCA Attorneys: For the Appellant: For the Appellee: William C. Talman Paul G. Summers Attorney for Appellant Attorney General and Reporter P. O. Box 506 Knoxville, TN 37901-0506 Elizabeth B. Marney Assistant Attorney General Criminal Justice Division 425 Fifth Avenue North 2d Floor, Cordell Hull Building Nashville, TN 37243-0493 Randall E. Nichols District Attorney General Sally Jo Helm Asst. District Attorney General City-County Building Knoxville, TN 37902 Judge: HAYES First Paragraph: The appellant, Laconia Lamar Bowers, appeals his conviction by a Knox County jury finding him guilty of second degree murder. The trial court imposed a sentence of twenty-four years to be served in the Department of Correction. The appellant raises three issues on appeal: (1) whether second degree murder is a lesser included offense or a lesser grade offense of felony murder; (2) the sufficiency of the evidence for second degree murder; and (3) the "excessive" sentence. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/BowersLL.wpd DEXTER L. WILLIAMS VS. STATE OF TENNESSEE, Court:TCCA Attorneys: For the Appellant: For the Appellee: Dexter L. Williams, Pro Se Paul G. Summers N.E.C.C. Attorney General of Tennessee Post Office Box 5000 and Mountain City, TN 37883-5000 Clinton J. Morgan Assistant Attorney General 425 Fifth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37243 Michael L. Flynn District Attorney General and Edward P. Bailey, Jr. Assistant District Attorney General 942 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway Maryville, TN 37804 Judge: TIPTON First Paragraph: The petitioner, Dexter L. Williams, appeals as of right from the Blount County Criminal Court's dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief from his 1993 first degree murder conviction and resulting life sentence. See State v. Dexter Lee Williams, No. 03C01-9312-CR-00390, Blount County (Tenn. Crim. App. Jan. 9, 1995), app. dismissed (Tenn. Feb. 5, 1996). The petitioner contends that the trial court erred in summarily dismissing his petition without affording him a full and meaningful hearing on the evidence he presented. We reverse the trial court and remand the case. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/WilliamsDexterL.wpd PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL! Feel free to forward this Opinion Flash on to anyone you know of with an e-mail address. GET A FULL-TEXT COPY OF AN OPINION! See the intrsuctions at the beginning of this edition of Opinion Flash. JOIN TBALink! 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