Janie Varnell wins DUI motion to suppress
Click Attorney Janie Varnell wins Motion to Suppress in DUI case to read the opinion by Judge Tom Greenholtz.
New Bill Passed | Davis & Hoss, PC
Tennessee law requires government to inform citizens about getting public records
Richard Briggs
Photo by Associated Press /Times Free Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state Legislature has passed a bill that will require nearly every government office across Tennessee to tell citizens how they can get public records.
The measure first directs the open records counsel in the state comptroller’s office to come up with a model public records policy that local government agencies could adapt. The legislation would then require government offices to have a written public records polic
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Public Reprimand of Judge Zachary
The Honorable Ronnie Zachary Public Reprimand
The complaint alleges an act or acts by you that violated the Code
of Judicial Conduct, in that the complaint asserts that you had imposed a
punishment in a case that involved handcuffing a father to a son as a
punishment.
Nominating Commission Selects 3 Candidates for 6th District Circuit Court
Nominating Commission Selects 3 Candidates for 6th District Circuit Court.
The Judicial Nominating Commission met in Knoxville today to review the eight applicants for the Third Circuit Court vacancy in the 6th Judicial District, Knox County. The vacancy was created by the retirement of the Honorable Wheeler A. Rosenbalm effective January 1, 2013.
After holding a public hearing and interview for each applicant, the Judicial Nominating Commission has recommended the following three candidates to Governor Bill Haslam:
Kristi M. Davis
Partner
Hodges, Doughty & Carson
Knoxville
Mary Elizabeth Maddox
Partner
Frantz, McConnell & Seymour
Knoxville
Deborah C. Stevens
President/Managing Shareholder
Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop
Knoxville
CCA affirms theft convictions and no violation of interstate
A Monroe County jury convicted the Defendant, Todd Joseph Sweet, of theft greater than $10,000, and the trial court sentenced him to six years in the Tennessee Department of Correction, to be served consecutively to a sentence he received in a separate case, case number 08-081. In this appeal, the Defendant contends: (1) the trial court improperly denied his motion to dismiss for the State’s failure to comply with the Interstate Compact on Detainers; (2) the trial court improperly refused to remove for cause a juror who had previous knowledge of other crimes the Defendant allegedly committed; (3) the State failed to comply with Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 16 when it failed to provide the Defendant’s trial counsel with letters written by the Defendant and intercepted by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department; (4) the State failed to disclose exculpatory evidence; (5) the trial court improperly admitted evidence that the Defendant had committed other crimes; (6) the trial court improperly denied the Defendant’s motion for a mistrial; (7) the trial court improperly instructed the jury; (8) the trial court improperly denied the Defendant’s Motion to Strike the State’s Notice of Impeachment; (9) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction; and (10) the trial court improperly sentenced the Defendant to the maximum sentence within his range and improperly ordered that his sentence run consecutively to a sentence he had previously received in a separate case. CCA concludes that there exists no error in the trial court’s judgment. Court of Criminal Appeals affirms the judgment and sentence.
Full case State v. Sweet