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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE May 21, 2002 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES L. PARTIN Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Claiborne County No. 11508 E. Shayne Sexton, Judge No. E2001-02254-CCA-R3-CD September 5, 2002 Defendant, James L. Partin, was in

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE May 21, 2002 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES L. PARTIN Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Claiborne County No. 11508 E. Shayne Sexton, Judge No. E2001-02254-CCA-R3-CD September 5, 2002 Defendant, James L. Partin, was in

The appellant, John Lionel Neal, Jr., was convicted of capital murder, in violation of § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Code of Alabama 1975, as charged in the indictment. He was sentenced to death. On February 16, 1987, Mrs. Wilmer Underwood was found dead in the kitchen of her Foley, Alabama house. An autopsy revealed that Mrs. Underwood had been beaten to death. Mrs. Underwood's house had been ransacked and her Motorola Quasar television was missing. Fing

ORDER GRANTING JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW IN PART, DENYING IN PART, AND ORDERING REMITTITUR MEANS, District Judge. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Second Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict, filed on June 27,1996. Having carefully considered the motion, Plaintiffs’ response, the reply, and relevant case law, the Court will PARTIALLY GRANT the motion.

*1461 WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge: Billy Franklin Brand and Dennis Randall Watts appeal from their conviction and sentence on a one-count indictment charging obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503. The case was tried before a

This appeal involves the constitutionality of the Baldwin County Severance Tax Act, a local act, which provides: "In addition to the state privilege tax levied upon persons engaging in the business of producing or severing oil or gas or other hydrocarbons from the soil or waters of this state pursuant to Act No. 2, H. 47, approved May 19, 1945 Gen. Acts 1945, p. 20, there is hereby levied, and to be collected as hereinafter provided, annual privilege taxes upon eve

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned On Briefs May 21, 2013 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES ANTHONY JOHNSON, JR. Appeal from the Criminal Court for Knox County No. 96373 Bob R. McGee, Judge No. E2012-01212-CCA-R3-CD - Filed July 30, 2013 The Defendant, James A. Johnson Jr., pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court for Knox County to poss

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs February 27, 2013 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES HAYES Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for White County No. CR4802 David A. Patterson, Judge No. M2012-00262-CCA-R3-CD - Filed May 6, 2013 The appellant, James Hayes, pled guilty in the White County Criminal Court to driving under

2008 MT 298 STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. RANDALL LEROY WOOD, Defendant and Appellant. No. 05-683 Supreme Court of Montana. Submitted on Briefs: April 18, 2007 Decided: August 20, 2008 For Appellant: Jim Wheelis, Chief Appellate Defender, Joslyn Hunt, Assistant Appellate Defender, Helena, Montana For Appellee: Hon. Mike McGrath

902 S.W.2d 122 (1995) Kenneth Randall WITHERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee. No. 01-94-00724-CR. Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.). June 15, 1995. Discretionary Review Refused September 20, 1995. *124 J. Armin Rust, Houston, for appellant. John B. Holmes, Jr., Dan McCrory, Lori S

ABDUL K. KALLON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE This products liability action arises from injuries Shannon Wayne Garrison sustained from the accidental discharge of his Ruger "Blackhawk" revolver. Following his accident, Garrison filed suit against Sturm, Ruger & Company (Ruger), the revolver's manufacturer, alleging negligence (Count I), breach of the Alabama Extended Manufacturers' Liability Doctrine (AEMLD) (Count II), breach

OPINION AND ORDER LESTER, Chief Judge. This case is before the Court upon a petition for review of the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Appellee has moved for dismissal of the petition on grounds that it was not timely filed. We agree and accordingly order the cause DISMISSED. The claimant herein received an opinion and award from the administrative law judge on November 3, 1989.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge: Shawn Bernard Woods, Kevin Jermaine Pickens, Ameile Brown, Craig Anthony Marks, and Troy Anthony Marks appeal their convictions and sentences on various counts of drug possession, conspiracy, and related charges. Patrick Johnson appeals the sentence imposed on his plea of guilty. Concluding that the court’s order prohibiting Troy Marks from discussing the case with his counsel during an overnight recess

OPINION OF THE COURT This is a matter of right appeal in a case wherein Appellant was convicted of one count of murder and three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree, pursuant to a guilty verdict. Per the jury recommendation, the trial court sentenced the Appellant to twenty years for murder and five years for each of the three counts *303of wanton endangerment, to

RANDALL, Judge (concurring specially). I concur specially in the result. The prosecutor had a peremptory challenge left, so he exercised it. That is the traditional method by which prosecutors and defense attorneys have tried cases. I concur with the majority that the trial court did a proper job of analyzing the Batson challenge, and then ruling the prosecutor should be allowed his peremptory. Wha

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE FILED AT KNOXVILLE August 23, 1999 Cecil Crowson, Jr. JANUARY 1999 SESSION Appellate C ourt Clerk JAMES FRANKLIN WAMPLER, *

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE August 2000 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. WILLIAM TIMOTHY TEAL Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Coffee County No. 29,444 John W. Rollins, Judge No. M1999-02580-CCA-R3-CD - Filed October 4, 2000 The appellant/defendant, William Timothy Teal, appeals as of right from his co

9 F.3d 849 William T. USELTON; W.D. Hupp; C.J. Dowling; KennethMiles; G.D. Jeffcoat; Jack Wilson; K.D. Witt; PaulaRosa; Johnny S. Hunt; James A. Mason; Robert E. Stuart;Jerry Don Casey; Maurice Uhrmacher; Loyd A. Duncan;Vernon Jordan; Hubert D. Williamson; J.W. Haris; D.L.Haralson; Harvey Leo Hess; Wood G. Ishmael; Harold W.Summers; Charles E. Stockton; Joe C. Gray; Earl G.Jackson; E.L. Whilhock; M

WINDOM, Judge. Heath Lavon McCray appeals his capital-murder conviction and sentence of death. McCray was convicted of murder made capital because it was committed during the course of a burglary, see § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Ala.Code 1975. After the penalty phase of the trial, see §§ 13A-5-45 and -46, Ala.Code 1975, the jury unanimously recommended that McCray be sentenced to death. After receiving a presentence repo

WISDOM, Circuit Judge. This appeal involves alleged violations of the Civil Rights Statutes, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983. 1 The plaintiff, Willie Adams, appeals from a trial court bench ruling that the Sheriff of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, had not discriminated against Adams in the terms and conditions of his employment