March 12, 2001
Volume 7 -- Number 045

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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
03 New Document(s) or Proposed Rule(s) from the Tennessee Supreme Court
00 New Opinion(s) from the Tennessee Court of Appeals
03 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 SUPREME COURT DISCRETIONARY APPEALS

Court:TSC - Rules
                        
http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TSC_Rules/certlist.wpd





IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE

INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

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





IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE

RULES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE

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





TIMOTHY V. BOWLING v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Court:TCCA

Attorneys:

Timothy V. Bowling, Pro Se.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Glen C. Watson,
Assistant Attorney General; and  Victor Vaughn, Assistant District
Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge: WADE

First Paragraph:

The petitioner, Timothy V. Bowling, appeals the trial court's
dismissal of his petition for post- conviction relief.  In this appeal
of right, the petitioner contends that the trial court erred by
ordering a dismissal without an evidentiary hearing.  The judgment is
reversed and remanded to the trial court for the appointment of
counsel and an evidentiary hearing.

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





STATE OF TENNESSEE v. SPIKE WILLIAM HEDGECOTH

Court:TCCA

Attorneys:   

Robert L. Marlow, Shelbyville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Spike
William Hedgecoth.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Mark A. Fulks,
Assistant Attorney General; William Edward Gibson, District Attorney
General; Tony Craighead, Assistant District Attorney General, for the
appellee, State of Tennessee.     
                 
Judge: WOODALL

First Paragraph:

The defendant, Spike William Hedgecoth, was convicted by a Cumberland
County jury of hindering a secured creditor, Tenn. Code Ann. S
39-14-116, a Class E felony.  The trial court sentenced Defendant to
two years and a fine of two thousand dollars.  Defendant's sole issue
on appeal is whether the evidence adduced at trial was sufficient to
support his conviction.  After a thorough review of the record, we
affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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





STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOSEPH VELLA

Court:TCCA

Attorneys:   

Mark Stephens, Knox County Public Defender, Knoxville, Tennessee; Bob
Edwards, Assistant Public Defender, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the
appellant, Joseph Vella.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Patricia Kussman,
Assistant Attorney General; Randall E. Nichols, District Attorney
General; Patti Cristil and Jennifer Welch, Assistant District
Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.  
                    
Judge: WELLES

First Paragraph:

The Defendant, Joseph Vella, appeals as of right from his criminal
trespass conviction.  He asserts that the evidence presented at trial
was insufficient to support his conviction.  We disagree; accordingly,
we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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

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