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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 3, 2014

In this interlocutory appeal by the State, the State challenges the trial court’s suppression of the results of blood alcohol testing conducted on the defendant’s blood pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-10-406(f)(2) (Supp. 2012), claiming that the trial court erred by declaring Code section 55-10-406(f)(2) unconstitutional and by ruling that no exception to the warrant requirement existed to justify the warrantless taking of the defendant’s blood.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 3, 2014

The defendant, Andrea Kelly Jones, appeals her Class D felony, guilty-pleaded convictions of two counts of vehicular assault entered by the Dekalb County Criminal Court. The trial court ordered that the agreed four-year sentence be served in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the defendant challenges the trial court’s denial of a sentencing alternative to incarceration. We affirm the manner of service of the sentences imposed by the trial court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 3, 2014

The petitioner, Lonnie Lanorris Holland, Jr., appeals the Davidson County Criminal Court’s denial of post-conviction relief from his 2012 guilty-pleaded conviction of second degree murder. In the petition for post-conviction relief, the petitioner claimed that his guilty plea was unknowing or involuntary and stemmed from the ineffective assistance of his counsel. Because the record supports the post-conviction court’s denial of relief, we affirm its order.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 3, 2014

The Defendant, Gregory Lamont Hall, was indicted for one count of manufacturing .5 grams or more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, a Class B felony; one count of possession with intent to sell 26 grams or more of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, a Class B felony; one count of possession of a firearm with the intent to go armed during the commission of a dangerous felony, a Class D felony; and tampering with evidence, a Class C felony. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-16-503, -17-417, -17-1324(a). The Defendant filed a suppression motion which the trial court denied.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 3, 2014

Petitioner, David Freeman Clay, appeals from the trial court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. Petitioner sought post-conviction relief from his convictions of two counts of sexual battery and three counts of assault, based upon his assertions that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal. In his appeal Petitioner asserts that the trial court erred by ruling that trial counsel did not provide ineffective assistance of counsel. After a thorough review we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 3, 2014

The Defendant, Jonathan Casey Bryant, pled guilty to promotion of the manufacture of methamphetamine. As part of the plea agreement, the Defendant reserved a certified question of law challenging the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the evidence resulting from his traffic stop. However, the Defendant failed to file any document specifying the certified question presented. Because the Defendant failed to properly reserve the certified question, the appeal is dismissed.

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 1, 2014
Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 1, 2014
Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 1, 2014
Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Oct 1, 2014

The Petitioner, Willie Douglas Johnson, appeals the post-conviction court’s denial of postconviction relief from his convictions for attempted second degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon. On appeal, the Petitioner argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Upon review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.


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