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Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 30, 2015

Yuell Frank Reeves (“the Defendant”) appeals the Hamilton County Criminal Court’s summary dismissal of his motion to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.1. In September 1990, the Defendant was sentenced to four years for burglary, an offense which the Defendant committed in May 1990 (“the May offense”).

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 30, 2015

Defendant, Jason Martindill, appeals from the trial court’s summary dismissal of his motion filed pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.1. Following our review of the parties’ briefs, the record, and the applicable law, we affirm the trial court’s dismissal of the motion.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 30, 2015

In February 2013, the Williamson County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant, Brent Hicks, for theft of merchandise over $1,000, a Class D felony. Following a jury trial, the Defendant was convicted as charged and sentenced to eight years in the Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence presented at trial is insufficient to support his conviction and that his sentence is excessive. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 30, 2015

In 2013, the Defendant pleaded guilty in case number F-13761 to two counts of theft of property valued over $1,000, one count of theft of property valued between $500 and $1,000, and one count of simple possession of a controlled substance. The Defendant also pleaded guilty in case number F-14140 to one count of promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine. For these convictions, the trial court imposed a six-year sentence in case number F-13761 and a two-year consecutive sentence in case number F-14140, for a total effective sentence of eight years, to be served on supervised probation.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 30, 2015

Plaintiffs, a husband and wife, filed suit against St. Thomas Hospital alleging claims for ordinary negligence and a derivative loss of consortium. The complaint alleged that St. Thomas was liable for injuries Plaintiffs sustained as a result of the hospital?s employees? failure to properly support the wife as they attempted to transfer her from a bariatric stretcher to her automobile. St.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 30, 2015

This case arises from a contract for home improvement services. After the work was completed and Homeowners failed to pay the contract price, Contractor filed a civil warrant and was awarded a judgment in general sessions court. Homeowners failed to timely appeal the judgment to circuit court. They subsequently filed a petition for writ of certiorari and supersedeas in circuit court contending Contractor was not duly licensed and the Home Improvement Contractor’s Act prevented Contractor from recovering on the contract.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 30, 2015

This case involves a residency dispute relevant to a child?s enrollment in a Wilson County public high school. After school officials determined that the child was not a resident of Wilson County, they informed her parents that the child could not attend high school in the county school system. The parents filed suit in chancery court seeking injunctive relief related to the child?s enrollment in school and participation in athletics.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 30, 2015

This products liability case arises out of an accident which resulted from the failure of a tire purchased less than three months before the accident. As a result of the accident, the plaintiff?s vehicle was totaled. Subsequently, the entire vehicle, including the tire, was destroyed.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 29, 2015

This is an interlocutory appeal as of right, pursuant to Rule 10B of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, from the Trial Court=s denial of a post-judgment motion to recuse in a breach of contract case. Having reviewed the petition for recusal appeal filed by the Defendant, Keith Celebrezze (ADefendant@), we affirm the Trial Court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Oct 29, 2015

A Davidson County jury convicted the Petitioner, Robert L. Mitchell, of one count of especially aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, and one count of assault. The trial court sentenced him to an effective sentence of thirty-seven years of incarceration. This Court affirmed his convictions and sentence on appeal. State v. Robert L. Mitchell, No. M2005-01652-CCA-R3-CD, 2006 WL 1506519, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App., at Nashville, June 1, 2006), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Nov. 13, 2006).


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