September 11, 2000
Volume 6 -- Number 144

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This Issue (IN THIS ORDER):
 
00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court
00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court Workers' Compensation Panel
01 New Document(s) or Proposed Rule(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court
01 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Appeals
02 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals
00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Attorney General (PDF format)
00 New Judicial Ethics Opinion(s)
00 New Formal Ethics Opinion(s) from the Board of Professional Responsibility
 

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SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE STATE LIST FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL

Court:TSC - Rules

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TSC_Rules/CERTLIST_0911.wpd





HOWARD L. FULLER, v. ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

Court:TCA

Attorneys:

Michael A. Anderson, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for appellant, Howard L.
Fuller.

W. Jeffrey Hollingsworth and Alicia Brown Oliver, Chattanooga,
Tennessee, for appellee, Astec Industries, Inc.                          

Judge: FRANKS

First Paragraph:

Plaintiff filed a retaliatory discharge action based on dismissal from
employment for filing a worker's compensation claim.  The Trial Judge
held the record established the dismissal was not retaliatory.  We
affirm.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/fullerh.wpd





EDDIE COPELAND v. JAMES A. BOWLEN, WARDEN

Court:TCCA

Attorneys:

Eddie Copeland, Pikeville, Tennessee, Pro Se.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; R. Stephen Jobe,
Assistant Attorney General; and James Michael Taylor, District
Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.                          

Judge: WILLIAMS

First Paragraph:

The trial court dismissed the petitioner's pro se petition for habeas
corpus relief.  The petitioner alleges that various credits should
reduce his sentence.  The trial court determined that it lacked
jurisdiction to address this issue or, in the alternative, that the
sentence had not expired.  We affirm the dismissal of the petition.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/copelande.wpd





STATE OF TENNESSEE v. ROSALIND MARIE JOHNSON and DONNA YVETTE McCOY

Court:TCCA

Attorneys:

Cynthia A. LeCroy-Schemel, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant,
Rosalind Marie Johnson.

Ardena J. Garth, District Public Defender; and Edward T. Landis,
Assistant District Public Defender, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the
appellant, Donna Yvette McCoy.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Clinton J. Morgan,
Assistant Attorney General; William H. Cox III, District Attorney
General; Barry A. Steelman and Christopher D. Poole,  Assistant
District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.                          

Judge: RILEY

First Paragraph:

Defendant, Rosalind Marie Johnson, appeals her convictions for
facilitation of first degree felony murder and aggravated burglary,
for which she received concurrent sentences of 15 years and 3 years,
respectively.  Defendant, Donna Yvette McCoy, appeals her convictions
for first degree felony murder and aggravated burglary, for which she
received concurrent sentences of life with the possibility of parole
and 3 years, respectively.  Both defendants raise the issue of
sufficiency of the evidence to support their convictions.  Defendant
Johnson raises the following additional issues in her appeal: 1)
whether the trial court erred in failing to sever the defendants'
trials; 2) whether the trial court erred in failing to remove a juror
for cause; and 3) whether the trial court erred in failing to suppress
statements made by Johnson.  We conclude that the issues raised by
both defendants in this appeal are without merit.  The judgments of
the trial court are affirmed.

http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/johnsonmccoy.wpd

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