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Barker, Cooper, Pera featured at CLE
Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Mickey Barker, Attorney General Bob Cooper and ethics guru Lucian Pera are all part of a strong faculty for the upcoming Litigation Forum 2011. Learn more about this March 11 CLE from Section Chair Matt Curley. This short video gives you full details on the program, the speakers and what you can expect to learn.
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BLAKE MICHELLE BODLE (ROOKS) v. JOHN VIRGIL BODLE
Court: TCA
Attorneys:
Blake Michelle Rooks, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Pro Se.
Daryl Miller South, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for the appellee, John Virgil Bodle.
Judge: COTTRELL
The mother has filed a notice of appeal challenging the trial court's decision regarding the father's child support obligation. Because the mother did not file her notice of appeal within the time permitted by Tenn. R. App. P. 4, we dismiss the appeal.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCA/2011/bodleb_030411.pdf
LAMAR REYNOLDS v. LOUIS R. TOGNETTI and WENDEE L. TOGNETTI
Court: TCA
Attorneys:
Richard G. Rosser, Somerville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Lamar Reynolds.
James F. Kyle, and Jessica M. Hackett, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellees, Louis R. Tognetti and Wendee L. Tognetti.
Judge: STAFFORD
Before filing this personal injury action arising from an automobile accident, the plaintiff filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Although the plaintiff's personal injury action accrued prior to his filing for bankruptcy, he omitted the potential claim from a schedule of assets in the bankruptcy petition. The plaintiff received a discharge in bankruptcy, and, shortly thereafter, filed the instant action. After the defendants moved for summary judgment, the plaintiff
moved to amend his complaint in order to add the bankruptcy Trustee as a party. The trial court did not rule on the plaintiff's motion to amend, and instead granted the defendants summary judgment, finding that the plaintiff lacked standing and was judicially estopped from pursuing his personal injury claim. On appeal, we conclude that the trial court erred when it failed to rule on the plaintiff's motion to amend his complaint prior to adjudicating the defendants' summary judgment motion.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCA/2011/reynoldsl_030411.pdf
SHAKIR ADAMS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Magan N. White, Jackson, Tennessee (on appeal); and Cicely A. Dickerson, Bartlett, Tennessee (at hearing), for the appellant, Shakir Adams.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; David H. Findley, Senior Counsel; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Kevin R. Rardin and Stacy M.
McEndree, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: GLENN
The petitioner, Shakir Adams, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his first degree premeditated murder conviction, arguing that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel. Following our review, we affirm the post-conviction court's denial of the petition.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/adamss_030411.pdf
JOSEPH BROWN v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Jeff Woods, Memphis, Tennessee (on appeal); and Michael E. New, Memphis, Tennessee (at post-conviction hearing), for the appellant, Joseph Brown.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Cameron L. Hyder, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Reginald Henderson, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: THOMAS
The Petitioner, Joseph Brown, appeals as of right from the Shelby County Criminal Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief challenging his guilty plea to one count of facilitation of first degree murder and two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping. The Petitioner contends that he received the ineffective assistance of trial counsel and that his guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered into. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/brownj_030411.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES RAY BULLARD
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Jeffrey A. DeVasher, Nashville, Tennessee (on appeal), and Chase T. Smith, Nashville, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, James Ray Bullard.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Sophia S. Lee, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. (Torry) Johnson III, District Attorney General; and Jennifer McMillen, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: TIPTON
The Defendant, James Ray Bullard, pled guilty to evading arrest, a Class E felony, and four counts of theft of $500 or less, a Class A misdemeanor. See T.C.A. sections 39-16-603, 39-14-103, 39-14-105(1) (2010). He was sentenced as a Range II, multiple offender to three years, six months' incarceration for the evading arrest conviction and to eleven months, twenty-nine days' incarceration for each of the theft convictions, with all sentences to be served consecutively. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred by imposing a sentence of confinement. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/bullardj_030411.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DAWN KATHLEEN DAVIDSON
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Ryan B. Feeney, Selmer, Tennessee, for the appellant, Dawn Kathleen Davidson.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Cameron L. Hyder, Assistant Attorney General; James G. Woodall, District Attorney General; and Jody Pickens and Al Earls, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: MCLIN
A Chester County jury convicted the defendant, Dawn Kathleen Davidson, of attempted first degree murder, a Class A felony, and the trial court sentenced her as a Range I, standard offender to twenty-three years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the trial court erred by denying her motion for a bill of particulars; (2) the trial court erred by preventing her attorney from fully cross-examining the state's witnesses; and (3) her sentence was excessive because the trial court incorrectly applied an enhancement factor and erroneously failed to apply any mitigation factors. Following our review, we conclude that the defendant waived all issues other than sentencing. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/davidsond_030411.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DANNY LYNN DAVIS
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Clifton Corker and Gene Scott (at trial), Johnson City, Tennessee, for the appellant, Danny Lynn Davis; and Danny Lynn Davis (on appeal), pro se.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Rachel West Harmon, Assistant Attorney General; Tony Clark, District Attorney General; and Dennis Brooks and Erin McArdle, Assistant District Attorney Generals, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: TIPTON
The Defendant, Danny Lynn Davis, was convicted at a bench trial in the Washington County Criminal Court of theft of property valued at $60,000 or more, a Class B felony; official
misconduct, a Class E felony; and twenty-five counts of forgery, Class E felonies. See T.C.A. sections 39-14-103 (theft); 39-16-402 (official misconduct); 39-14-114 (forgery). He was sentenced to ten years for the theft conviction and to one year for each of the Class E felony convictions, all to be served concurrently with one year of split confinement and the remaining nine years on probation. In this appeal, the Defendant contends that (1) the victim, the city of Johnson City, had no standing to allege the crimes, (2) the prosecution of the forgery and official misconduct offenses was barred by the statute of limitations; (3) the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions; (4) the trial judge should have recused himself because the judge's wife was an employee of the city of Johnson City; and (5) he was deprived of the opportunity to prepare a proper defense because the trial court failed to release his income tax records during discovery. We note that two of the convictions were rendered on counts dismissed by the State during trial. We vacate the convictions for forgery in Counts 23 and 27, but we affirm the remaining judgments of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/davisd_030411.pdf
TORIAN DILLARD v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Torian Dillard, Mountain City, Tennessee, Pro Se.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; David H. Findley, Senior Counsel; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Lorrie Fowler, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: GLENN
The petitioner, Torian Dillard, appeals the post-conviction court's dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief for failure to prosecute, arguing that the court abused its discretion by not appointing new counsel after the petitioner's appointed counsel was allowed to withdraw and by requiring the petitioner to proceed with his petition pro se. Following our review, we affirm the post-conviction court's dismissal of the petition.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/dillardt_030411.pdf
ROBERT T. HENRY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Robert T. Henry, Wartburg, Tennessee, Pro Se.
Robert E. Cooper, Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy Wilber, Assistant Attorney General; and William H. Cox, III, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: TIPTON
The Petitioner, Robert T. Henry, appeals the Hamilton County Criminal Court's dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus relief from his 1978 conviction for robbery. He claims his
conviction is void because the law applicable at the time of his conviction has since been repealed and current law renders his indeterminate sentence illegal. The State has moved the court to affirm the trial court by memorandum opinion pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. The State's motion is granted, and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/henryr_030411.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TRAVIS KING
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Michael R. Working (on appeal) and Samuel Perkins (at trial), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Travis King.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Sophia S. Lee, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Lora Fowler and Paul Thomas
Hoover, Jr., Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: GLENN
The defendant, Travis King, was convicted of aggravated robbery, a Class B felony, and sentenced as a Range I, standard offender to ten years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, he argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/kingt_030411.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOE McKNIGHT
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Juni S. Ganguli, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Joe McKnight.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Cameron L. Hyder, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Stephen P. Jones and Summer Morgan, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: GLENN
The defendant, Joe McKnight, was convicted by a Shelby County Criminal Court jury of aggravated robbery, a Class B felony, and sentenced to ten years as a Range I offender in the
Department of Correction. On appeal, he argues that (1) the trial court erred in allowing the State to question defense witness, Dr. Joseph Angelillo, about the defendant's prior criminal history; (2) the trial court erred in allowing the State to lead its witness, Stanley Johnson; (3) the trial court erred in admitting co-defendant Stanley Johnson's statement to authorities into evidence; and (4) the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. After review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/mcknightj_030411.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. TERRY DWIGHT MOONINGHAM, JR.
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Gregory D. Smith, Clarksville, Tennessee (on appeal), and Andrew Jackson Dearing, III, Assistant District Public Defender (at trial), for the appellant, Terry Dwight Mooningham, Jr.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; David H. Findley, Senior Counsel; Chuck Crawford, District Attorney General; and Michael D. Randles, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: TIPTON
The Defendant, Terry Dwight Mooningham, Jr., was found guilty by a Bedford County Circuit Court jury of driving under the influence (DUI), fourth offense, a Class E felony;
evading arrest, a Class D felony; driving with a revoked license, a Class A misdemeanor; and violation of the implied consent law, a Class A misdemeanor. See T.C.A. sections 55-10-401 (2006) (amended 2011), 39-16-603 (2010), 55-50-504 (2006), 55-10-406 (2006). He was sentenced as a Range II, multiple offender to four years' confinement for the DUI conviction, eight years' confinement for evading arrest, eleven months and twenty-nine days' confinement for driving with a revoked license, and six months' confinement for violation of the implied consent law. The DUI and evading arrest convictions were ordered to be served consecutively for an effective twelve-year sentence. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his DUI conviction and that his sentences are excessive. We affirm the judgments of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/mooninghamt_030411.pdf
NESHA NEWSOME v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Lance R. Chism, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Nesha Newsome.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Clarence E. Lutz, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and David Zak, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee.
Judge: OGLE
The Petitioner, Nesha Newsome, filed in the Shelby County Criminal Court a petition for post-conviction relief from her convictions for especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated
kidnapping, aggravated robbery, and robbery. The Petitioner contended that her trial counsel were ineffective by failing to object to the trial court's definition of "aiding" in response to
the jury's question regarding the criminal responsibility jury instruction, failing to argue that her convictions violated due process, and failing to have the Petitioner undergo a pretrial
mental evaluation. The post-conviction court denied the petition, and the Petitioner now appeals. In addition to the foregoing issues, the Petitioner also asserts that the supreme
court's denial of funding for a forensic psychologist violated her federal and state due process rights. Upon review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/newsomen_030411.pdf
LARRY J. NOEL v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Vanedda Prince Webb, Dyersburg, Tennessee, for the appellant, Larry J. Noel.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; J. Ross Dyer, Senior Counsel; D. Michael Dunavant, District Attorney General; and Tyler R. Burchyett, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: GLENN
The petitioner, Larry J. Noel, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, raising the following four issues on appeal: (1) whether his pretrial transfer of custody to the Department of Correction subjected him to double jeopardy and violated his due process rights; (2) whether he was incompetent to stand trial due to a stroke he suffered less than a month prior to trial; (3) whether he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal; and (4) whether the post-conviction court erred by denying his motion for a continuance due to the unavailability of witnesses. Following our review, we affirm the denial of the petition for post-conviction relief.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/noell_030411.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LAWRENCE DAVID RALPH, JR.
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Gregory D. Smith, Clarksville, Tennessee, and Trenena Wilcher, McMinnville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Lawrence David Ralph, Jr.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Lindsy Paduch Stempel, Assistant Attorney General; Lisa S. Zavogiannis, District Attorney General; and Darrell Julian,
Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: OGLE
A Warren County Circuit Court jury convicted the appellant, Lawrence David Ralph, Jr., of violating a habitual traffic offender order; reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon;
driving on a revoked license, fifth offense; evading arrest; and reckless driving. After a sentencing hearing, the appellant received an effective eight-year sentence. On appeal, he contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction for reckless endangerment and that his sentence is excessive. We conclude that the appeal must be dismissed because we lack jurisdiction in the case.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/ralphl_030411.pdf
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. STANLEY WADE ROWE
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Jeffrey A. DeVasher (on appeal), Kristin Neff and Gary Tamkin (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Stanley Wade Rowe.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy Wilber, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. Johnson, III, District Attorney General; and Bret Gunn, Assistant District
Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: OGLE
The appellant, Stanley Wade Rowe, was found guilty by a Davidson County Criminal Court Jury of burglary and theft of property valued over $500 but less than $1000. Following his
convictions, the trial court imposed a total effective sentence of twelve years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions, the trial court's denial of the appellant's request for a jury instruction on the lesser-included offenses of attempted burglary and attempted theft,
and the length of the sentence imposed by the trial court. Upon review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/rowes_030411.pdf
ISSAC SCOTT v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Court: TCCA
Attorneys:
Lance R. Chism, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Issac Scott.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Rachel West Harmon, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Kate Edmands, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee
Judge: OGLE
The petitioner, Issac Scott, appeals the post-conviction court's denying his petition for post-conviction relief from his conviction for first degree premeditated murder and resulting life sentence. On appeal, he contends that he received the ineffective assistance of trial counsel and that the post-
conviction court's denial of funding for him to hire a forensic pathologist violated his constitutional rights. Based upon the record and the parties' briefs, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
http://www.tba2.org/tba_files/TCCA/2011/scotti_030411.pdf
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| D.C. Circuit: ABA 'red flags' suit moot |
| The American Bar Association's lawsuit challenging a federal regulation targeting lawyers and other professionals is now moot since Congress passed legislation that purports to exempt attorneys from rules targeting identity theft, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled today.
The ABA had filed suit in 2009 after the Federal Trade Commission said lawyers should be considered creditors under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act and were subject to so-called "red flags" rules to protect consumers from identity theft. The FTC reasoned that lawyers were creditors because they extended credit by billing for legal work after it is done. |
The Blog of Legal Times reports
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| Westboro ruling is not end of funeral protest disputes |
| The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark March 2 ruling in Snyder v. Phelps gave First Amendment protection to virulent, peaceful protests at military funerals -- but it won't end the angry legal dispute over government efforts to restrict the demonstrations.
"The next battleground is the funeral protest time, place and manner laws," said University of Kansas law professor Stephen McAllister, a leading expert on and defender of the state and federal funeral-protest laws. |
The First Amendment Center explores the ruling's implications
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| Alabama high court rejects 'English only' driver tests |
| Alabama's Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the state's practice of giving the state driver's license written exam in multiple languages.
The justices upheld a lower court order that affirmed the current system today.
A lawsuit filed against Gov. Bob Riley in 2008 claimed that the use of multiple languages violates the state constitution and the exam should be given in English only. |
WKRN.com carried this AP story
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| New law group forms in Nashville |
| Nashville lawyer Daniel H. Puryear, formerly of Smythe, Puryear & Robertson, has formed the Puryear Law Group with offices located at the Woodmont Centre in Nashville. Joining him are attorneys Janna Eaton Smith and Max Loosen, who previously were affiliated with Smythe, Puryear & Robertson. The new firm will focus on construction and commercial litigation, creditors' rights in bankruptcy and collections, and judgment recovery.
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| Search warrant typo may set convicted drug dealer free |
| Tennessee state law does not provide for an error on a search warrant -- even if it was made in good faith, even if it's a typo.
"There ought to be a mechanism to allow good a search warrant when it's an obvious mistake," said District Attorney General Torry Johnson of Davidson County. Soon, a convicted drug dealer serving 29 years for drug dealing and weapons charges will be set free because of a small mistake on a search warrant: the judge had noted the time as 10:35 p.m. instead of a.m. State Sen. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, for three years, has attempted to pass a law that would allow a search warrant that has a typo, as long as the mistake was made in good faith and does not compromise evidence. |
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| Philippa Thompson visitation today, services Saturday |
| Services have been set for Dr. Philippa T. Thompson, a solo practitioner and technology teacher at a Nashville elementary school. She was a 2009 graduate of the Nashville School of Law. She died March 1, the day after she turned 51.
Thompson, a prolific Facebook and TBAConnect poster, was discovered dead when a friend called police after noticing she had not posted to her social networking sites most of Sunday. Fox 17 News follows up.
Viewing is today (Friday) noon to 7 p.m., with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m., at Terrell Broady Funeral Home, 3855 Clarksville Pike, Nashville. Visitation with the family will be March 5 from 11 to noon, with the funeral to follow, at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, 2416 Clifton Road. |
Read her obituary in the Tennessean
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| Shelby court clerk Jim Key services set, visitation today |
| Former Shelby County Criminal Court clerk William R. "Jim" Key died March 2 from complications related to Parkinson's disease. He was 79.
His son, Kevin, succeeded his father in the clerk's post after winning last year's election after the senior Key's retirement.
The family will receive friends today (Friday) from 5 to 8 p.m. at Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, 5599 Poplar Ave. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown. Memorial contributions may be sent to
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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| Editorial: Immigration bills not good policy |
| Immigration-related bills introduced by several state legislators recently are "less about reasonable, practical and long-term solutions than about looking tough for a voting base that has been shaped by stirring up fear of "illegals" ... and insecurity about their own economic welfare," the Tennessean writes in an editorial. The bills would have state workers check citizenship for various reasons.
"Each of these pieces of legislation is setting up our state for years of lawsuits, not to mention the bureaucratic nightmare of adding this layer of duties to state and local officials who are untrained and probably already overworked." |
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| Opinion: Bills to limit malpractice awards not needed |
| Former judge and current Memphis lawyer D'Army Bailey writes in an opinion piece today about pending legislation that would limit malpractice awards.
The "proposals go well beyond severely limiting Tennessee residents' rights to fair and adequate compensation," he says. "They are designed to protect large corporations and negligent doctors who cause serious harm." Even Gov. Bill Haslam, who is pushing most of these legislative changes, acknowledges they are unnecessary, he continues. |
Read his guest column in the Commercial Appeal
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| Ramsey will discuss Sharia law with Muslims first |
| Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey says he would be willing to meet with Muslims before taking up a controversial bill to limit the practice of Sharia law.
Ramsey says he is concerned over reports that Sharia law has been cited in American court decisions. |
Listen to an interview with Ramsey on WPLN.org
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