A Davidson County jury convicted the Defendant, Timothy Allen Johnson, of sale of less than .5 grams of cocaine in a drug-free school zone. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction. After a thorough review of the record and applicable authorities, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

The defendant, Rico Cortez Bevins, pleaded guilty to three counts of the sale or delivery of a Schedule II controlled substance, and the Montgomery County Circuit Court sentenced him as a Range II, multiple offender to a term of six years? imprisonment. On appeal, the defendant challenges the manner of service of his sentence. We affirm the convictions and sentence but remand for correction of clerical errors in the judgments.

Bendale Romero (“the Defendant”) stands convicted of attempted first degree murder, employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, and aggravated assault for the August 10, 2013 shooting of Nathan Kelso. The Defendant, along with his co-defendant, Joshua Johnson, were tried jointly but have pursued separate appeals in this court.

Attorney General Herbert Slatery addressed judicial retention elections, his AG appointment and the legislature’s judicial confirmation process yesterday while speaking at the Memphis Rotary Club. Slatery praised the work of the legislature in confirming Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Roger Page and Tennessee Appeals Court Judge Ross Dyer. He added that the process has provided “stability” and eliminated legal challenges to the retention by voters on those who are appointed and then confirmed. Read more from the Memphis Daily News. 

A 62-year-old Clinton resident has filed a $1.25 million age discrimination lawsuit after he was fired from an auto dealership and reportedly told that he was "too old to run the shop and turn a profit." The lawsuit alleges the termination violates the state's Human Rights Act and the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Read more from the Knoxville News Sentinel. 

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley said he plans to shut down the judicial confirmation process this summer ahead of President Obama’s last months in office, Roll Call reports. The Iowa Senator said that he will allow for limited exceptions. Edward Stanton III of Memphis is among the reported more than a dozen nominees awaiting Senate approval; Stanton was nominated by Obama in May 2015 to serve as U.S. district judge for the Western District of Tennessee.   

Urgent Care: Trends, Compliance and Regulatory Issues, a CLE course on July 12 from noon-4:15 p.m. at the Tennessee Bar Center, will address the corporate practice of medicine, staffing issues, compliance matters, permits and licensures. A panel of experts will provide their unique perspectives on how new urgent care health care trends will impact hospitals, physicians and urgent care companies. The course is approved for three CLE credits. 

The Metro Nashville Public Schools board voted yesterday to sue the state for a larger share of education funding, The Tennessean reports. The board claims Nashville is not receiving the adequate amount of funds for English language learners, despite reportedly having the highest ELL population in the state. Shelby County Schools and seven Hamilton County-area districts are already suing the state for education funding. 

Nine out of 10 lawyers recommend that Tennesseans vote to “retain” the three Tennessee Supreme Court Justices on the Aug. 4 ballot, according to a TBA Candidate Evaluation Poll conducted over the last four weeks. The TBA asked its members to indicate whether they highly recommended, recommended, did not recommend or had no informed opinion on the retention election of Justices Jeffrey S. Bivins, Holly Kirby and Roger A. Page. More information, including data tables of the results, is available on the TBA website. 

Avenue Financial Holdings and Pinnacle Financial Partners have signed a memorandum of understanding with plaintiffs in a class-action suit that claims Avenue’s board of directors put their personal interests ahead of Avenue shareholders in Pinnacle’s proposed acquisition of the bank. The Nashville Post reports the MOU requires the two companies to disclose more information about the strategies and talks leading up to their $200 million deal announcement.