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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 1, 2020

Petitioner, Brian Pillow, was convicted by a Maury County Jury of three counts of selling .5 grams or more of cocaine in a drug-free zone. He received an effective sentence of twelve years to be served in the Tennessee Department of Correction. Petitioner filed a petition seeking post-conviction relief, in which he alleged that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court should have granted a continuance when co-counsel was appointed. Following an evidentiary hearing, the postconviction court denied his petition. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 1, 2020

A Henderson County jury convicted the Petitioner, John N. Moffitt, of reckless aggravated assault, as a lesser included offense of aggravated assault, for slashing the victim’s arm with a pocketknife following a property dispute. State v. John N. Moffitt, No. W2014- 02388-CCA-R3-CD, 2016 WL 369379, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Jan. 29, 2016), perm. app. denied (Tenn. June 24, 2016). This Court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal; however, this Court also reduced the amount of restitution that the trial court ordered and remanded the case to the trial court to determine the amount of restitution that the Petitioner could pay. Id. On March 10, 2020, the Petitioner, acting pro se, filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis, arguing that his conviction for reckless aggravated assault was “an illegal and unconstitutional conviction” because the indictment failed to allege “recklessly,” which the Petitioner contends is a “required mental state indicating a lesser kind of culpability” than that required for aggravated assault. The Petitioner alleged that he was entitled to due process tolling of the statute of limitations because he was “totally unaware of the fact about [sic] the illegal and unconstitutional conviction.” The coram nobis court summarily dismissed the petition, finding that it was time-barred and that the Petitioner’s allegations did not constitute new evidence and thus did not toll the statute of limitations. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the coram nobis court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 1, 2020

The Petitioner, Delarris Jones A/K/A Cedric Jones, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, asserting that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. After review, we affirm the denial of the petition.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 1, 2020

A Madison County jury convicted the defendant, Kevin Grammer, of aggravated robbery, theft of property over $1000, felony evading arrest, speeding, reckless driving, felony reckless endangerment, failure to exercise due care, disobeying a stop sign, and driving on a suspended license. The trial court imposed partial consecutive sentences for an effective sentence of fourteen years’ confinement. On appeal, the defendant contends the trial court erred in imposing consecutive terms. Upon our review of the record and the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 1, 2020

A Madison County jury convicted the defendant, Gregory Goff, of especially aggravated robbery and aggravated assault for which he received an effective thirty-five-year sentence. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his convictions and the trial court’s jury instruction regarding self-defense. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 1, 2020

A Shelby County jury convicted the defendant, Juvonta Carpenter, of two counts of firstdegree murder, two counts of first-degree felony murder, and one count of aggravated robbery. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed an effective sentence of life imprisonment plus nine years. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions. The defendant also contends the trial court erred in admitting partially redacted police statements and in imposing a partial consecutive sentence. After reviewing the record and considering the applicable law, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Dec 1, 2020

The employee alleged he suffered injuries to his neck and back after slipping on hydraulic fluid at work and falling. After the employee filed a petition seeking workers’ compensation benefits, the employer filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting one of the employee’s treating physicians had concluded his cervical spine condition was not more than fifty percent causally related to the work accident. One week after the filing of the employer’s motion, the employee filed a request for expedited hearing, an affidavit, and a medical record electronically signed by another physician that he asserted supported his claim for benefits. The employee also responded to the motion for summary judgment and filed a motion requesting the court to continue the summary judgment hearing. The trial court denied the employee’s motion for continuance, excluded from evidence the medical records attached to the employee’s request for expedited hearing, concluded the employee had not properly responded to the motion for summary judgment in accordance with Rule 56.03 of the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure, and granted the employer’s motion for summary judgment. The employee has appealed. Upon careful consideration of the record, we affirm the trial court’s order granting summary judgment and certify it as final.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Nov 25, 2020

The Petitioner, Susan Jo Walls, appeals the Bedford County Circuit Court’s denial of her post-conviction petition, seeking relief from her convictions of first degree premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder and resulting effective life sentence. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that she received the ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Based upon the record and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgment of the postconviction court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Nov 25, 2020

Napoleon Emmanuale Person, Defendant, appeals from the trial court’s judgment revoking his probation and placing his original sentences into effect. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Nov 25, 2020

The Petitioner, Zakkawanda Zawumba Moss, appeals the Lincoln County Circuit Court’s denial of his post-conviction petition, seeking relief from his six convictions of first degree premediated murder and six consecutive life sentences. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that we should remand the case to the post-conviction court in order to provide the Petitioner an opportunity to present additional proof in support of his petition. Based upon the record and the parties’ briefs, we disagree with the Petitioner and affirm the postconviction court’s denial of the petition.


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