Case law

James David Duncan v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Jun 5, 2025

Although unclear about which attorneys the Petitioner was referencing, the Petitioner testified that he “filed a petition with the Board of Professional Responsibility on both of them because neither one of them acted like … State, 44 S.W.3d 464 (Tenn. 2001); State v. Nix, 40 S.W.3d 459 (Tenn. 2001); Seals v. State, 23 S.W.3d 272 (Tenn. 2000); Sands v. State, 903 S.W.2d 297 (Tenn. 1995); Burford v. State, 845 S.W.2d 204 (Tenn. 1992).

State of Tennessee v. Judy Martin

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Jan 23, 2001

McBee v. State, 372 -3- S.W.2d 173, 176 (Tenn. 1963); see also State v. Evans, 838 S.W.2d 185, 191 (Tenn. 1992) (citing State v. … Grace, 493 S.W.2d 474, 476 (Tenn. 1976), and State v. Brown, 551 S.W.2d 329, 331 (Tenn. 1977)); State v. Tuggle, 639 S.W.2d 913, 914 (Tenn. 1982); Holt v. State, 357 S.W.2d 57, 61 (Tenn. 1962).

Harvey Taylor v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Feb 21, 2013

State v. White, 114 S.W.3d 469, 475 (Tenn. 2003); State v. Burns, 6 S.W.3d 453, 461 (Tenn. 1999); Baxter v. Rose, 523 S.W.2d 930, 936 (Tenn. 1975). … Burger v. Kemp, 483 U.S. 776, 794 (1987) (quoting United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648, 665 n.38 (1984)).

Louis Tyrone Robinson v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Nov 22, 2006

Brown, District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee. … Louis Tyrone Robinson v. Bell, No. M2003-02772-CCA-R3-HC (Tenn. Crim. App. at Nashville, Oct. 12, 2004).

Darrell Walls v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Nov 5, 2009

Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 59, 106 S. Ct. 366, 370, 88 L. Ed. 2d 203 (1985). In Baxter v. … Black v. State, 794 S.W.2d 752, 757 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1990); see also Scott v. State, 936 S.W.2d 271, 273 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1996).

State of Tennessee v. Randall Ray Ward

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Oct 25, 2019

Brown, Assistant District Attorney General for the appellee, State of Tennessee. OPINION I. … State v. Goodwin, 143 S.W.3d 771, 775 (Tenn. 2004) (quoting State v. Smith, 24 S.W.3d 274, 279 (Tenn. 2000)).

State v. Roy Sherrod

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Jun 30, 1999

See State v. Brown, 836 S.W.2d 530, 552 (Tenn. 1992); State v. Beasley, 536 S.W.2d 328, 330 (Tenn. 1976). … Braden v.

State of Tennessee v. Pauline Virginia Spalding and Charles Martin Johnson

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Mar 10, 2026

Brown, Jr., a licensed private investigator, to testify. Mr. Brown explained that, at the behest of Ms. Spalding, he conducted an investigation into “the person that was on the Jury identified as [J.E.K.].” … Brown testified that his investigation revealed that the address associated with the J.E.K. identified in the convictions was on Duke Street.

Donald Smith v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Sep 30, 2013

Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984); see Lockart v. Fretwell, 506 U.S. 364, 368-72 (1993). … (quoting Brown v. Perini, 718 F.2d 784, 786 (6th Cir. 1983)). There are a number of circumstantial factors that should be considered when examining the voluntariness of a guilty plea. Id.

State of Tennessee v. Michael Marks

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · May 3, 2013

State v. Lemacks, 996 S.W.2d 166, 170 (Tenn. 1999); see also State v. Brown, 823 S.W.2d 576, 583 (Tenn. Crim. … See, e.g., State v.

State v. Johnny Jones

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Sep 12, 2000

Baxter v. Rose, 523 S.W.2d 930, 936 (Tenn. 1975). Under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 686, 104 S. … Brown, 653 S.W.2d 765, 766-67 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1983).

State of Tennessee v. Terrence Hill

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Feb 11, 2013

Brown, 311 S.W.3d 422, 432 (Tenn. 12 2010) (citing State v. Inlow, 52 S.W.3d 101, 104-05 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2000); State v. Brunner, No. … See Brown, 311 S.W.3d at 432. We find unpersuasive the Defendant’s contention that the evidence is insufficient because he did not know how hard he was choking the victim until she stopped breathing. See State v.

State of Tennessee v. Terry Wayne Hawkins

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Mar 24, 2010

State v. Fletcher, 805 S.W.2d 785, 789 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1991); see also State v. Carter, 254 S.W.3d 355 (Tenn. 2008). … State v. Ashby, 823 S.W.2d 166, 169 (Tenn. 1991).

Stephen Wayne Shreve v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · May 24, 2017

Grindstaff v. State, 297 S.W.3d 208, 216 (Tenn. 2009) (quoting Hicks v. State, 983 S.W.2d 240, 245 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998)). … Frazier v. State, 303 S.W.3d 674, 679 (Tenn. 2010).

Edward Shawndale Robinson v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Apr 29, 2013

At that point, Officer Currie looked at the hood latch and saw several brown, taped packages hidden between the radiator and the front bumper. Appellant was placed in handcuffs. … State v. Bell, 745 S.W.2d 858, 860 (Tenn. 1988) (citing Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522 (1975)).

State of Tennessee v. Christopher Lance Shockley

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Jul 18, 2005

He said he had fifteen years of experience working “with sex acts and sex offenders [sic] acts” and had served as a board member on the “International Board of Sexaholics Anonymous.” … State v. Butler, 900 S.W.2d 305, 311 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994); State v. Smith, 891 S.W.2d 922, 929 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1994); State v. Bonestel, 871 S.W.2d 163, 166 (Tenn. Crim.

State v. Joyner

759 S.W.2d 422 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Sep 30, 1987

See, e.g., Young v. State, 487 S.W.2d 305, 307 (Tenn.1972); Harrell v. … Jones account was listed to an address at which there was a boarded-up house without a working electric meter.

David Michael Blevins v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Jun 12, 2018

He said that someone from the parole board told him that the board would grant parole but “there were people from Sullivan County who wanted to speak first.” … See State v. Bishop, 493 S.W.2d 81, 83–84 (Tenn.1973) (citing Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 92 S.Ct. 2182, 33 L.Ed.2d 101 (1972)).

State of Tennessee v. Patrick Stanton

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Feb 5, 2014

State v. Dorantes, 331 S.W.3d 370, 379 (Tenn. 2011); State v. Brown, 551 S.W.2d 329, 331 (Tenn. 1977). … State v. Bland, 958 S.W.2d 651, 659 (Tenn. 1997); State v. Pruett, 788 S.W.2d 559, 561 (Tenn. 1990).

State of Tennessee v. Adarion C. Morris

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · Dec 5, 2019

Additionally, although “a trial judge may correct an illegal, as opposed to a merely erroneous, sentence at any time, even if it has become final,” State v. Brown, 479 S.W.3d 200, 206 (Tenn. 2015) (quoting State v. … State v. Pollard, 432 S.W.3d 851, 861 (Tenn. 2013). In State v.