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Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 2, 2019

The Petitioner, Nathaniel P. Carson, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his petition for writ of error coram nobis in which he challenged his 2010 convictions of two counts of first degree felony murder and two counts of especially aggravated robbery. After a review of the record and applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the coram nobis court.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 2, 2019

This is a termination of parental rights case involving four minor children. In October 2017, temporary custody of the children was granted to the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”), and the children were placed in foster care. The McMinn County Juvenile Court (“trial court”) subsequently adjudicated the children dependent and neglected in December 2017.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Dec 2, 2019
Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 26, 2019

This is a termination of parental rights case. Mother/Appellant appeals the trial court’s termination of her parental rights to the minor child on the grounds of: (1) severe child abuse, Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-113(g)(4); and (2) abandonment by willful failure to visit and to support, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-1-113(g)(1), § 36-1-102(1)(A)(i). Mother also appeals the trial court’s determination that termination of her parental rights is in the child’s best interest.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 26, 2019

This appeal arose from a claim filed with the Tennessee Claims Commission (“the Commission”) against the State of Tennessee (“the State”), seeking an award of damages for defamation allegedly committed by a district attorney general through statements made to the media concerning the claimant. The State filed, inter alia, a Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12.02(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and the claimant filed, inter alia, a response objecting to the motion.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 26, 2019

In this post-divorce dispute, the mother filed a criminal contempt petition against her ex- husband, alleging multiple violations of a permanent parenting plan. The husband responded with a petition for temporary emergency custody. The trial court granted temporary custody to the father and scheduled a hearing on both petitions. After the hearing, the court found the father guilty of 12 counts of criminal contempt beyond a reasonable doubt and sentenced him to 120 days in jail.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 26, 2019

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge. In this case, a jury convicted a “pill mill” doctor of unlawfully prescribing controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), and the court sentenced him to a below-guidelines prison term and a fine pursuant to § 841(b)(1)(C). On appeal, the doctor challenges the trial court’s refusal to use a jury instruction that he requested and challenges his sentence as procedurally and substantively unreasonable. We affirm.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 26, 2019

The pro se Petitioner, Carl J. Wagner, appeals the denial of his petition for post- conviction DNA analysis and the dismissal of his Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 60.02 motion to correct/relieve him of his judgments of conviction. Following our review, we affirm the judgments of the post-conviction court.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 26, 2019

The defendant, Ketorrence Eugene Rollins, appeals his Davidson County Criminal Court jury convictions of two counts of aggravated robbery, arguing that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to sustain his convictions. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Nov 26, 2019

The petitioner, Donald Peden, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, which petition challenged his convictions of attempted first degree murder and theft of property valued at $500 or less, alleging that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. Because the petitioner’s post-conviction counsel also represented the petitioner on direct appeal, we remand to the post-conviction court to determine whether the petitioner knowingly and voluntarily agrees to waive post-conviction counsel’s conflict of interest.


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