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Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 19, 2015

The Petitioner, James Dellinger, appeals from the trial court’s denial of his petition for a writ of error coram nobis, his petition for a writ of audita querela, his motion for a declaratory judgment, his claims pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), and his claims under the due process, law of the land, and open courts provisions of the United States and Tennessee Constitutions.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 19, 2015

This appeal concerns the division of a marital estate. The trial court ordered a special master to investigate and report on the identification, classification, and valuation of all marital property and assets. The special master issued a detailed report and recommended awarding seventy-two percent of the marital home’s equity to the husband and twenty-eight percent to the wife. The special master also proposed that both parties be given an option to purchase the marital home, first husband and then wife, and that, if neither exercised the option, the house be auctioned.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 19, 2015

The sole issue in this action by a decedent’s estate to set aside a fraudulent conveyance in order to execute on a monetary judgment is whether life insurance proceeds paid to the decedent’s surviving spouse are exempt from claims of a creditor of the surviving spouse. The unusual twist in this matter is that the creditor is the estate of the surviving spouse’s deceased husband.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 18, 2015

The Petitioner, Ruslan Edward Woodbridge, appeals the denial of his petition for post- conviction relief for his conviction for rape of a child. The Petitioner previously entered a guilty plea to rape of a child, a Class A felony, and received a sentence of 25 years? confinement. On appeal, he argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in relation to his guilty plea and that his plea was unknowing and involuntary. Upon our review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 18, 2015

The defendant, Charlotte Renee Stanford, was convicted by a Giles County Circuit Court jury of theft of property in an amount of $10,000 or more, a Class C felony; filing a false report, a Class C felony; and conspiracy to commit theft in an amount of $10,000 or more, a Class D felony. The trial court imposed an effective sentence of five years, with one year served in incarceration and four years on supervised probation. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the convicting evidence. After review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 18, 2015

The Petitioner, Christopher Lance Osteen, appeals the Madison County Circuit Court?s dismissal of his pro se petition for post-conviction relief. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that the post-conviction court erred by summarily dismissing the petition for failing to state a colorable claim without first appointing counsel to “perfect” the petition. Based upon the record and the parties? briefs, we affirm the judgment of the post- conviction court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 18, 2015

The Petitioner, Horace E. Hollis, Jr., appeals the Dickson County Circuit Court’s denial of post-conviction relief. The Petitioner was convicted by a jury of two counts of rape of a child for which he received an effective sentence of forty years. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that the post-conviction court erred in dismissing his petition for post- conviction relief without considering the transcript from his trial. Because the transcript from the post-conviction hearing is not included in the record, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 18, 2015

The Petitioner, Jamie Grimes, appeals the Davidson County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his 2009 convictions for possession of more than 300 grams of cocaine with the intent to sell, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia and his effective thirty-year sentence. He contends that his constitutional rights to due process and the effective assistance of counsel were violated. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 18, 2015

A Shelby County jury convicted the Defendant, Anthony Bayman, of second degree murder, and the trial court sentenced him to thirty-two years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction because the evidence supported a conviction for the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter rather than second degree murder. After a thorough review of the record and applicable authorities, we affirm the trial court?s judgment.

Posted by: Chandra Williams on Aug 18, 2015

In 2013, the Petitioner, Darell1 Ayers, pleaded guilty to vehicle burglary, theft of property under $500, identity theft, and shoplifting. The Petitioner was sentenced to four years on community corrections. Subsequently, the trial court issued a warrant alleging that the Petitioner violated his community corrections sentence by being arrested for aggravated robbery and for failing to report this arrest to his community corrections officer. After a hearing, the trial court revoked the Defendant?s community corrections sentence.


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