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Vandy Law Students Spend Pro Bono Spring Break in Mississippi

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 24, 2017
Ten Vanderbilt Law students spent their spring break in Biloxi engaging in pro bono service work as a part of the Law Students for Social Justice organization. Three teams of students worked on education, expungement and other cases for low-income residents under the direction of staff attorneys at the Mississippi Justice Center. “All three groups made a real impact,” said Hannah Keith, the student organizer of the Pro Bono Spring Break program. “We made a dent in the attorneys’ workload.”

Woodmore Bus Driver Not Guilty, Says Attorney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 24, 2017
The attorney for Johnthony Walker, the driver charged with killing six children in the Woodmore bus accident, said that his client was not guilty this morning in Hamilton County Criminal Court, the Times Free Press reports. Walker was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month and faces six counts of vehicular homicide, four counts of reckless aggravated assault, one count of reckless driving, one count of reckless endangerment and one count of the use of portable electronic device by a school bus driver.

Family Sues Over Memphis PD-involved Death

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 24, 2017
The family of Alexio Allen, a man killed in a police-involved shooting last year, has filed suit against the city of Memphis and several Memphis police officers, the Commercial Appeal reports. The complaint claims that the officers used excessive force in killing Allen, while police say Allen was armed and had been behaving oddly on the night of the incident. According to Officer Leon Dickson, Allen and a woman were struggling for a gun and the gun barrel tilted towards Dickson, leading him to open fire.

Judge Plans to Return to Bench After Doctors Clear Him to Work

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 24, 2017
Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge David E. Bales will send a letter to Gov. Bill Haslam next week, requesting medical disability until his doctors clear him to return to work, the Times Free Press reports. Bales, who officially stepped off the bench on March 17, was diagnosed with cancer in October. Bales missed 45 days on the bench since his diagnosis, and his colleagues and volunteer attorneys have worked to help cover his caseload. State law says Gov. Haslam will select a replacement for Bales. 

Supreme Court: Indigent Prisoner’s Case Properly Dismissed

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 23, 2017
The Tennessee Supreme Court has held that an indigent prisoner’s petition for parole was properly dismissed when the court found he had outstanding unpaid court costs. Reginald Dion Hughes is serving a 60-year sentence for two 1987 murder convictions, and appealed to the Chancery Court after being denied parole for the third time. In Justice Sharon Lee’s dissenting opinion on the decision, she noted that Hughes’ petition was denied based on only $49.50 in unpaid court costs that a clerk had not attempted to collect.

Judge Says Rutherford County Must Stop Holding Juveniles in Solitary

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 23, 2017
A federal judge ordered Rutherford County to cease holding juveniles in solitary confinement as an ACLU-backed case challenging the practice proceeds, the Tennessean reports. The suit was filed on behalf of a 15-year-old boy who was held in solitary for five days last year, and it seeks to permanently stop the use of solitary confinement in Tennessee. 

Davidson County Lawyer Reinstated

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 23, 2017
Previously suspended Nashville lawyer Kevin William Teets, Jr. was reinstated yesterday by the Board of Professional Responsibility. Teets was suspended on March 3 for misappropriation and posing a threat of harm to the public. Teets is required to meet with a practice monitor bi-weekly, continue weekly mental health sessions, execute a HIPPA-compliant release authorizing his therapist to provide reports of treatment compliance and must continue contact with the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program. Teets was ordered to pay court costs for the proceeding.

Services Held Today for Nashville Attorney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 23, 2017
Charles P. Jackson III, an attorney who practiced in Nashville and Chattanooga, died on Monday. He was 66. He earned his law degree at the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1975. In addition to his work in the legal field, he was also noted for his business pursuits. Memorial gifts may be made to the Cora Mathews Horn Fund for Families via the Nashville Community Foundation. Services were held today at St. George's Episcopal Church in Nashville.

Man Accused of Murdering Parents Indicted in Knoxville

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 23, 2017
A Louisiana man charge with brutally murdering his parents was indicted yesterday by a Knox County grand jury on five counts, Knoxnews reports. Joel Michael Guy Jr. faces two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of abusing a corpse and one count of felony murder. He is currently being held in the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility on a $2 million bond.

Schumer: Democrats to Filibuster Gorsuch Nomination

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Mar 23, 2017
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said today that he would vote against Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation, and said the Democrats would filibuster the proceedings, the Washington Post reports. Schumer said Gorsuch was “unable to sufficiently convince me that he’d be an independent check” on President Donald Trump.
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