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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LOUIS BERNARD WILLIAMS, III

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 5, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Louis Bernard Williams, III, Pikeville, Tennessee, Pro Se.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Katharine K. Decker, Assistant Attorney General; and Danny H. Goodman, Jr., District Attorney General pro tem, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): THOMAS

The Defendant, Louis Bernard Williams, III, was convicted of felony evidence tampering, a Class C felony, and three respective counts of simple possession of marijuana, cocaine, and hydrocodone, Class A misdemeanors. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-16-503, -17-408, -17-415, -17-418. On appeal, the pro se Defendant contends that (1) his residence was improperly searched because the search warrant listed the incorrect address; (2) the evidence obtained in that search should be retroactively suppressed because the Defendant was not convicted of the offense alleged in the search warrant; (3) the evidence should have been suppressed because the confidential informant referenced in the search warrant affidavit was not identified and did not testify at trial; and (4) the trial court should have recused itself due to showing bias against the Defendant by denying his motion to suppress and the court’s imposition of an incorrect release eligibility in two previous cases. We affirm.

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