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Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 18, 2019

This is a consolidated appeal concerning the trial court’s dismissal of two orders of protection in this domestic relations action. We affirm.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 18, 2019

The issue in this Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 10B interlocutory appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying a mother’s motion for recusal based upon alleged bias due to the court’s prior employment of and actions by the guardian ad litem. We find no error in the trial court’s ruling.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

CHAD A. READLER, Circuit Judge. At its core, the job of a prosecutor is “[to] do justice.” Confirmation Hearing on the Nomination of Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Before the S. Comm. on the Judiciary, 111th Cong. 359 (2009) (quoting famed prosecutor Hamilton Burger from the television show Perry Mason). That is no small task. In honoring the trust placed upon them as public officials,prosecutors pursue justice by prosecuting on the public’s behalf those accused of violating our criminal laws.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

MURPHY, Circuit Judge. A Tennessee jury convicted Howard Atkins of murdering his stepfather in 2000 when he was just 16 years old. A state court imposed a life sentence that (all now agree) renders Atkins eligible for release after at least 51 years’ imprisonment. See Brown v. Jordan, 563 S.W.3d 196, 197, 200–02 (Tenn. 2018) (discussing Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-501(h)–(i)). His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. State v. Atkins, No. W2001-02427-CCA-R3-CD, 2003 WL 21339263 (Tenn. Crim. App. May 16, 2003).

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

SILER, Circuit Judge. Warren Keith Henness appeals the district court’s decision denying his request for injunctive relief and for a stay of execution. We AFFIRM.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

The Petitioner, Bryon C. Stephens, appeals the summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief, asserting that he is entitled to relief because his guilty pleas were unknowingly entered, and he received ineffective assistance of counsel. After review, we affirm dismissal of the petition as time-barred.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

Petitioner, Frederick R. Ross, Jr., appeals from the summary denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his guilty-pleaded conviction for selling hydrocodone, a Schedule II drug. Because Petitioner failed to state a cognizable claim for habeas corpus relief, we affirm the judgment of the habeas corpus court.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

A Madison County jury convicted the defendant, Michael Wayne Robinson, Jr., of three counts of aggravated assault, one count of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed an effective sentence of eighteen years in confinement. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions and the trial court’s imposition of consecutive sentencing.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

This is an appeal from the trial court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration. The subject arbitration agreement was executed in connection with a patient’s admission to a nursing home facility and signed by the patient’s son. The trial court found that the son lacked authority to bind his mother to the agreement. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 17, 2019

Appellants filed a legal malpractice action against their former law firm after two civil judgments were not renewed after a ten-year period. After a bench trial, the trial court ruled that the appellants’ claim was filed beyond the statute of limitations. The trial court also found that no attorney-client relationship existed to impose a duty on the law firm to renew the civil judgments before they expired. We find no reversible error in the trial court’s ruling regarding the statute of limitations. As such, we affirm the decision of the trial court.


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