The Defendant-Appellant, Tiffany Clegg, appeals the trial court’s revocation of her probation and reinstatement of her effective eight-year sentence in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant-Appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by reinstating a sentence of full confinement. Upon review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

This is a termination of parental rights case, focusing on Benjamin A., the minor child (“the Child”) of Brent H. (“Father”) and Brandice A. (“Mother”). The Child was taken into protective custody by the Tennessee Department of Children?s Services (“DCS”) on November 4, 2010, upon investigation of a spiral fracture to his right arm and suspected child abuse. On December 17, 2013, DCS filed a petition to terminate the parental rights of Father. Mother previously had surrendered her parental rights to the Child in June 2013 and is not a party to this appeal.

Christinia Davis (“Wife”), Terran Denise Davis (“Terran”)1, and Taylor Ann Davis (“Taylor”) appeal the April 17, 2015 order of the General Sessions Court for Bount County Probate Division (“Probate Court”) upholding the Last Will and Testament of Terry Paul Davis (“the Will”). Wife, Terran, and Taylor raise an issue regarding whether the Probate Court erred in finding that the presumption of undue influence arising out of the proven confidential relationship between Terry Paul Davis (“Deceased”) and Olive K. Davis (“Davis”) was rebutted by clear and convincing evidence.

This is a termination of parental rights case. The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (“DCS”) filed a petition seeking to terminate the mother’s parental rights with respect to the minor child.

The defendant, Tyler Fitzgerald Raybon-Tate, pled guilty to five counts of aggravated burglary; one count of theft of property valued at $10,000 or more; two counts of theft of property valued at $500 or less; one count of carjacking; one count of kidnapping; two counts of felony evading arrest in a motor vehicle; and one count of driving on a suspended license. The defendant had agreed to be sentenced as a Range II offender, and the court was to determine the alignment of the sentences.

The defendant, Charles Owens, filed an unsuccessful Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.1 motion to correct an illegal sentence, the alleged illegality being that he was not present, either in person or by video, at his sentencing. He asks that his conviction and sentence be declared illegal and void. The trial court concluded, without a hearing, that the motion failed to state a colorable claim for relief, and this appeal followed. Following our review, we affirm the dismissal of the motion, pursuant to Rule 20, Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Cummings Manookian PLC purchased an historic building on Nashville’s Music Row for its law offices, The Tennessean reports. Attorneys Brian Manookian and Brian Cummings bought the 4,074 square foot building for $1.3 million. The firm is currently located at 102 Woodmont Blvd.

Former Knox County Chief Deputy Clerk Tim Wheeler filed a federal lawsuit against Knox County Circuit Court Clerk Cathy Quist-Shanks and Knox County over his April 2015 firing without warning. Wheeler claims an inner-department demotion and subsequent firing were in retaliation for medical leave he took, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. Wheeler filed another lawsuit last year claiming Quist-Shanks was paying a ghost employee.

Two Democratic senators from Maryland last week tried to get the U.S. Senate to confirm Waverly Crenshaw as a U.S. District Court judge in Tennessee's Middle District. Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn rejected the bid. Crenshaw was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2015 and was unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee eight months ago. Read more from The Tennessean.