Opinion FlashMay 10, 2004Volume 10 — Number 090 Following this index are summaries of each case, including its name, first paragraph, author's name, and the names of attorneys for the parties of each opinion. This Issue (IN THIS ORDER):
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Court:TCA
Attorneys:
Donna Sue Young, Johnson City, Tennessee, pro se Appellant.
James E. Brading; Charles T. Herndon, IV; and Bradley E. Griffith;
Johnson City, Tennessee, for the Appellee, Fred. C. Hartley, M.D.
Judge: SWINEY
First Paragraph:
Donna S. Young ("Plaintiff") sued Fred C. Hartley, M.D. ("Defendant")
claiming that during a tubal ligation, Defendant negligently performed
additional surgeries upon Plaintiff's vaginal area without her consent
and that those extra surgeries caused Plaintiff to suffer physical and
emotional damage. After trial, the jury returned a verdict in
Defendant's favor. Plaintiff appeals raising, among other things,
several questions regarding the admission of evidence at trial. We
affirm.
http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/youngdonnas.wpd
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. IRA ISHMAEL MUHAMMED, alias IRA ISHAMEL MUHAMMED Court:TCCA Attorneys: Clayton M. Whittaker, Chattanooga, Tennessee (on appeal); John Cavett and Barry Abbott, Chattanooga, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Ira Ishmael Muhammed. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Braden H. Boucek, Assistant Attorney General; William H. Cox, III, District Attorney General; and Barry A. Steelman and Christopher D. Poole, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: GLENN First Paragraph: The defendant, Ira Ishmael Muhammed, was convicted of attempted second degree murder, a Class B felony; two counts of aggravated assault, Class C felonies; attempted voluntary manslaughter, a Class D felony; and felony reckless endangerment which the trial court, acting as thirteenth juror, dismissed at the sentencing hearing. He was sentenced as a Range I, standard offender to twelve years for the attempted second degree murder conviction, six years for each aggravated assault conviction, and four years for the attempted voluntary manslaughter conviction, with the sentences to be served consecutively, for an effective sentence of twenty-eight years. On appeal, the defendant argues: (1) the trial court erred in admitting an audiotape of telephone conversations between him and his ex-wife, one of the victims; (2) the trial court erred in not suppressing an audiotape of statements he made shortly after being shot; (3) the trial court erred in imposing consecutive sentencing; and (4) the application of consecutive sentencing is unconstitutional. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/muhammediraI.wpd PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL! GET A FULL-TEXT COPY OF AN OPINION! JOIN THE TENNESSEE BAR ASSOCIATION! SUBSCRIBE TO OPINION FLASH! UNSUBSCRIBE TO OPINION FLASH? ... SURELY NOT! But if you must, visit the TBALink web site at: http://www.tba.org/op-flash.mgi Home • Contact Us • PageFinder • What's New • Help |
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