Defendant, Ronnie Keith Rea, appeals from his convictions for three counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of solicitation of a minor. On appeal, he raises five issues. After a thorough review of the record, the parties’ briefs, and the applicable law, we conclude that four of the five issues have been waived. The only preserved issue is Defendant’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, which we find legally sufficient to support his convictions. Accordingly, the judgments of the trial court are affirmed.

The TBA will host its 2026 Elder Law Forum on July 17 at the Nashville School of Law, offering attorneys a full day of continuing legal education focused on issues affecting older adults and vulnerable populations. The program will feature sessions on conservatorships, fraud prevention, guardians ad litem, special needs trusts, ethics and related topics, with presentations from practitioners and professionals across the state. For more information, visit the TBA website.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will immediately request a rehearing from the U.S. Supreme Court after it struck down his executive order restricting birthright citizenship last week. Trump called that ruling a "miscarriage of justice." The 6-3 decision, issued on June 30, held that children born in the U.S. and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens at birth under the Constitution. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that Trump's order could not be reconciled with the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment. According to The Hill, legal experts note such rehearing requests are rarely granted — the court has not agreed to rehear an argued case since 1965 — so the petition is more likely to affect the timing of the case's return to lower courts than to change the outcome.

The NAACP and Clarksville residents are calling for a federal investigation into the death of Darius Chappell, who died July 3. A bystander video from June 29 shows a Clarksville police K-9 restraining and biting Chappell as he was arrested by Montgomery County deputies. According to WPLN, Chappell's family says he needed medical attention while jailed and that calls to the facility went unanswered before he was found unresponsive in his cell. At a July 4 rally, Tennessee NAACP President Gloria Sweet-Love said the community is seeking FBI involvement. Both the Clarksville Police Department and Montgomery County Sheriff's Office issued statements pledging internal reviews. The sheriff's office says Chappell was medically evaluated and cleared before booking and received ongoing care in custody. An autopsy is pending, and Chappell's family is consulting legal counsel. The Clarksville Leaf Chronicle also reports on developments.

Defendant, Chelsea Louise Smith, appeals her Dickson County Circuit Court convictions for aggravated child abuse and first-degree felony murder committed in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse, for which she received sentences of fifteen years and life, respectively. Defendant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support her convictions; that the trial court abused its discretion by excluding the proposed testimony of her expert in biomechanics; and that her constitutional right to present a defense was violated by the trial court’s exclusion of the proposed expert testimony. Following a thorough review, we affirm.

Following a jury trial, Defendant, Teresa Kay Nolan, was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and one count of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, for which she received a total effective sentence of four years. On appeal, Defendant contends that: (1) the evidence is insufficient to support her convictions for aggravated assault; (2) the trial court committed plain error by failing to provide a jury instruction on self-defense; (3) the trial court abused its discretion by allowing the State to cross-examine Defendant regarding her prior conviction for attempted impersonation of a licensed professional; and (4) the trial court abused its discretion when it permitted the State to cross-examine her regarding her violation of bond conditions. Upon review, we affirm the conviction in count 2 but remand for entry of a corrected judgment, reflecting Defendant’s conviction for reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon and imposing a concurrent one-year sentence. We affirm the judgments of conviction in counts 1 and 3 in all respects.

Appellant appeals the trial court’s dismissal of her breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Appellee asks this Court to award frivolous appeal damages under Tennessee Code Annotated section 27-1-122. Discerning no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. We grant Appellee its request for frivolous appeal damages.

RITZ, Circuit Judge. Kyle Millis was convicted of state crimes in Michigan. He pursued state postconviction relief, which tolled his one-year deadline for filing a federal habeas petition. But Millis received conflicting letters from the Michigan Supreme Court about the status of his postconviction petition, with the last one notifying him that his appeal had been “accepted for filing” and was “complete.” Five months later, Millis checked the status of his case, only to learn that the state had in fact dismissed his petition as untimely. By then, his window to timely file a federal habeas petition had closed. The district court denied Millis’s subsequent habeas petition as untimely, finding that it was plainly apparent that Millis was not entitled to equitable tolling of the statute of limitations. Millis now appeals. Because it is not plainly apparent from Millis’s petition that he is not entitled to relief, we reverse the district court and remand for further proceedings.

The employer, a temporary staffing agency, questions the trial court’s award of medical benefits and attorneys’ fees in this interlocutory appeal. The employee was working for the employer’s client when he was pinned by machinery, causing numerous injuries and requiring emergency medical treatment. The employer later sent the employee to a walk- in clinic, where the provider referred the employee to a variety of specialists. The employer provided a panel to honor one of the referrals but denied the others. The employer then denied the claim in its entirety, citing the employee’s alleged illegal drug use and willful misconduct as affirmative defenses. After an expedited hearing, the trial court ordered the employer to continue to provide medical treatment, including ongoing treatment with the authorized physician, and panels related to the referrals that had been denied. It further awarded the employee attorneys’ fees due to the employer’s unreasonable failure to timely initiate medical benefits. The employer has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record and having heard the arguments of counsel, we affirm the trial court’s award in its entirety and remand the case.

In this interlocutory appeal, the employee asserts the trial court erred in denying additional medical benefits. Specifically, the employee expressed his disagreement with the authorized treating physician’s opinions regarding his recovery status and impairment. The employee sustained an injury to his back, and the employer provided a panel of physicians and authorized medical treatment. The authorized physician diagnosed the employee with a lumbar strain and provided conservative care. He later opined that the employee’s ongoing complaints were inconsistent with his injury. After two subsequent emergency room visits, the employer provided another panel, and that physician also offered conservative treatment options. Based on a new complaint of intermittent numbness in both legs, the doctor opined that the employee’s symptoms were not related to his work incident and released him at maximum medical improvement with no impairment or restrictions. After an expedited hearing, the trial court found the employee was unlikely to prevail at trial in establishing that his current complaints and need for additional medical treatment are primarily caused by the work injury. The employee has appealed. Having carefully reviewed the record, we affirm the trial court’s order and remand the case.