How much time do you spend on social media? The average lawyer spends 1.6 hours per week using social networking sites for professional purposes, according to the most recent ABA Legal Technology Survey Report. The survey also reported 85 percent of law firms have a website, compared to only 55 percent in 2012. LinkedIn is the most popular social media site for attorneys, followed by Facebook then Twitter. Read more from MyCase.

A Davidson County jury convicted the Petitioner, Rhyunia Lamont Barnes, of first degree premeditated murder, and the trial court sentenced him to life in prison. The Petitioner appealed, arguing that there was newly discovered evidence. This Court affirmed the Petitioner?s conviction. State v. Rhyunia Lamont Barnes, No M2010-00631-CCA-R3- CD, 2002 WL 1358717, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App., at Nashville, June 24, 2008), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Dec. 2, 2002).

The defendant, Jacob A. Wright, appeals the revocation of the probationary sentence imposed for his Davidson County Criminal Court conviction of kidnapping. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Defendant, Jodi N. Teets, appeals her Robertson County conviction for assault. Her single issue on appeal is a claim of insufficient evidence of bodily injury to sustain a conviction for an assault. Upon our review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The Petitioner, Eddie Lee Murphy, Sr., appeals the Sumner County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his conviction for first degree felony murder and his life sentence. The Petitioner contends that the post-conviction court erred by denying his request for DNA testing pursuant to the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

The Appellant, Ronnie Lee Johnson, is appealing the trial court’s denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence filed pursuant to Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 36.1 The State has filed a motion asking this Court to affirm pursuant to Court of Criminal Appeals Rule 20. Said motion is hereby granted.

Defendant, James Edward Church, was indicted by the Davidson County Grand Jury for three counts of rape of a child in Counts 1-3, five counts of aggravated sexual battery in Counts 4-8, and two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure in Counts 9-10. Upon motion by the State, Counts 9 and 10 were stricken from the indictment. Upon the State?s election of offenses, Count 3 was amended to allege aggravated sexual battery. A jury found Defendant guilty as charged on all counts.

The petitioner, Charles Joiner, appeals the denial of post-conviction relief from his 2013 Shelby County Criminal Court guilty-pleaded convictions of possession with intent to sell and deliver 0.5 grams or more of cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver 4,356 grams or more of marijuana, possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, for which he received an effective sentence of 16 years.

The TBA will offer a first-of-its-kind Tennessee Fashion Law CLE on March 31 at the Tennessee Bar Center in Nashville. Topics include protecting fashion brands through copyright, regulations that govern merchandize labeling and disclosure, and employment issues unique to fashion law. The course, scheduled from 1 to 4:15 p.m., is approved for three CLE credits.

A federal lawsuit filed yesterday against the University of Tennessee alleges that university football players twice assaulted fellow teammate Drae Bowles for assisting the woman who accused former players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams of rape in 2014. Bowles, who transferred to Chattanooga after the 2014 season, received a subpoena to testify. The alleged female assault victim is one of six unnamed women who filed the suit. Read more from the Knoxville News Sentinel.