TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Mar 22, 2016

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Raynella Dossett Leath is attempting to convince Senior Judge Paul Summers to overturn her 2010 conviction in the death of her second husband. Leath’s argument for a new trial focuses on former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner, who presided over her trial before he was convicted in a prescription drug abuse probe. Leath’s attorney, Rebecca Legrand, told Summers on Monday that Baumgartner's “drive to feed his addiction infected every aspect of her case." Leath was also accused in the 1992 killing of her first husband.