A push to crack down on juvenile crime in Shelby County is creating a dispute between District Attorney Steve Mulroy and Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, WREG reports. According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, juvenile crime in the state has gone down in the last decade, but in Memphis, the results are mixed. The Memphis Shelby County Crime Commission says serious juvenile charges are down 8.3% this year, but overall, juvenile charges are up nearly 31%. Sexton is calling on Mulroy to do more. WATE reports that Sexton even floated the idea of impeachment when reporters asked him about the possibility last week, though he acknowledged it would be a high bar given the discretion attorneys general have in deciding prosecutorial priorities.

The U.S. Supreme Court has barred two Texas-based manufacturers from selling products that can be converted into so-called "ghost guns" unless they comply with new federal requirements, National Public Radio reports. Last year, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued regulations that required any disassembled gun parts to carry serial numbers and required anyone buying them to pass a background check. Manufacturers challenged the regulations in court, and federal Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas issued a nationwide injunction. The court’s action voids the lower court order and a decision upholding the order from the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, allowing the regulations to go into effect pending further litigation.

JOHN K. BUSH, Circuit Judge. Sterling Roberts appeals his conviction for federal crimes relating to the death of Robert “Bob” Caldwell. Mr. Caldwell was in a child-custody dispute with his ex-wife, Tawnney Caldwell, who was Roberts’ girlfriend. Roberts tried to kill, or at least seriously harm, Mr. Caldwell by luring him through false guise to a remote location. Mr. Caldwell managed to escape. Later, he wasn’t so fortunate. Mr. Caldwell was murdered after a family-counseling session.

Roberts argues, based on the Confrontation Clause, federal evidentiary rules, and the attorney-client privilege, that the district court improperly admitted evidence related to the earlier attack and other incriminating proof. He also raises two constitutional challenges to the interstate stalking statute under which he was convicted, 18 U.S.C. § 2261A, claiming that it exceeded congressional power under the Commerce Clause and that the counts of his conviction are multiplicitous. Because none of Roberts’ arguments have merit, we AFFIRM the district court’s judgment of conviction.

This year's Creditor's Practice Forum will take place tomorrow in Nashville. The program, which offers three general and one dual credits, will cover topics including AI and its application to law practice, charging orders and related post judgement strategies, and using contractual and statutory liens to increase likelihood of payment. The program will conclude with a "tips and tricks" session presented by bankruptcy attorneys.

The Appellant, Mark L. Ward, was convicted by a Knox County jury of aggravated kidnapping, attempted aggravated burglary, and two counts of aggravated rape, for which he received an effective sentence of sixty-eight years in confinement. The sole issue presented for our review is whether the evidence is sufficient to support the Appellant’s convictions. Upon our review, we affirm.

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office is investigating an "apparent suicide attempt" of an inmate at the Shelby County Division of Corrections, the Commercial Appeal reports. According to the sheriff’s office, 41-year-old Terrence Boyd was "reportedly found hanging in a cell.” Boyd was taken to Baptist Memphis Hospital in critical condition last Thursday and died Saturday morning. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy was notified of the event and requested the sheriff investigate the incident. Unlike area jails, the sheriff’s office does not operate this facility.

The Arts & Business Council's Volunteer Lawyers and Professionals for the Arts is joining the law firm of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings to provide free legal services for nonprofits and Black-owned small businesses in Nashville this Friday. Advice will cover business formation, corporate governance, contracts and navigating local ordinances and state regulations. Eligible entities may receive up to one hour of assistance. Clients should sign up online. Attorneys should email vlpa@abcnashville.org to volunteer.

The defendant, Will Vaughn, appeals his Shelby County Criminal Court jury conviction of first-degree murder, challenging the sufficiency of the convicting evidence. Discerning no error, we affirm.

The Defendant, Christopher Kirk Stack, appeals from the Knox County Criminal Court’s probation revocation of the six-year sentence he received for his guilty-pleaded conviction for attempted aggravated sexual battery. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion by revoking his probation and ordering him to serve the remainder of his sentence in confinement. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In this State appeal, the State argues that the Grainger County Circuit Court exceeded its jurisdiction when it granted the defendant’s motion to be removed from the sex offender registry and vacated his conviction for violation of the sex offender registry requirements. We conclude that the defendant’s motion is substantively a petition for post-conviction relief but that because the petition was untimely and because due process tolling of the statute of limitations is not warranted, the trial court erred by granting post-conviction relief. We also conclude that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to order the defendant removed from the sex offender registry. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court’s order and reinstate the defendant’s conviction for violation of the sex offender registry.