Cases

06/07/2017 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs April 11, 2017 DOUGLAS MARTINEZ v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 13-03267 Paula L. Skahan, Judge ___________________________________

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs December 2, 2014 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MARTINEZ DENNIS Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 12-02916 Lee V. Coffee, Judge No. W2014-00403-CCA-R3-CD - Filed February 20, 2015 Appellant, Martinez Dennis, was convicted by a Shelby County jury of felony murder during the

02/07/2025 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE October 9, 2024 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. RICHARD FAULK Appeal from the Circuit Court for Maury County No. 27055 Christopher V. Sockwell, Chancellor ___________________________________

11/04/2021 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON August 4, 2021 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BENJAMIN BARTON Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 17-02023 James M. Lammey, Judge ___________________________________

09/30/2021 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON May 4, 2021 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. LAVONTE LAMAR DOUGLAS Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hardeman County No. 19-CR-103 J. Weber McCraw, Judge

Davis, Justice, dissenting, joined by Justice Workman: I respectfully dissent to the majority opinion in this ease because it-is shamefully inconsistent with the established precedent of this State. In order to reach a very result-oriented decision, the majority distorts the paradigm of analysis engaged in by this Court for decades regarding the retroactivity of statutes. The approach

01/30/2018 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON July 11, 2017 Session DAVID IVY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 01-12388 James C. Beasley, Jr., Judge No. W2016-02454-CCA-R3-ECN The Petit

05/07/2021 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON February 3, 2021 Session ESTATE OF SEDLEY ALLEY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County Nos. 85-05085, 85-05086 & 85-05087 Paula L. Skahan, Judge No. W2019-02046-CCA-R3-PC

OPINION HOLLY KIRBY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JEFFREY S. BIVINS, C.J., and CORNELIA A. CLARK and SHARON G. LEE, JJ„ joined. A jury convicted .the defendant of carjacking and employment of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. The trial court imposed an effective six

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON August 2, 2016 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DEMARCUS HOLMAN Appeal from the Circuit Court for Shelby County No. 1402971 John W. Campbell, Judge ___________________________________ No. W2015-01744-CCA-R3-CD - Filed October 21, 2016 ___________________________________

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs June 7, 2016 DARRELL JOHNSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 1004679 Glenn I. Wright, Judge No. W2015-02339-CCA-R3-PC - Filed July 19, 2016 A Shelby County jury found the Petitioner, Darrell Johnson, guilty of three counts of facilitation of

08/11/2017 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON May 2, 2017 Session MICHAEL EUGENE SAMPLE v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. P-14252 Paula Skahan, Judge No. W2016-02479-CCA-R3-ECN The Peti

10/06/2017 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON May 2, 2017 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOSHUA HUNTER BARGERY Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake County No. 11-CR-9586 R. Lee Moore, Jr., Judge ___________________________________

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON February 4, 2014 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. PAMELA TAYLOR Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 10-06598 W. Otis Higgs, Jr., Judge No. W2012-02535-CCA-R3-CD - Filed September 30, 2014 The Defendant, Pamela Taylor, was indicted for the first degree premeditated murder of her husb

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs September 10, 2013 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DARRELL JOHNSON Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 10-04679 W. Otis Higgs, Jr., Judge No. W2012-01467-CCA-R3-CD - Filed October 3, 2013 The defendant, Darrell Johnson, appeals his Shelby County Criminal Court jury convictions of fa

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs February 14, 2012 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. NICHOLAS LARSEN Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 09-07640 Lee V. Coffee, Judge No. W2011-00976-CCA-R3-CD - Filed January 9, 2013 The Defendant-Appellant, Nicholas Larsen, entered a guilty plea to driving under the infl

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs March 1, 2011 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. DARIUS JONES Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 01-04380 John P. Colton, Jr., Judge No. W2010-01080-CCA-R3-CD - Filed May 26, 2011 The defendant, Darius Jones, was convicted of one count of first degree felony murder, four

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs September 14, 2010 SPENCER PETERSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County Nos. 01-04380-83, 01-04385-92 John T. Fowlkes, Jr., Judge No. W2009-02433-CCA-R3-PC - Filed November 17, 2010 The petitioner, Spencer Peterson, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conv

HOLLAND, Justice, for the majority: This case is one of approximately thirty-two eases filed against the defendant-ap-pellee, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc. (“DuPont”), by Argentine nationals who claim that they were exposed to asbestos while working in textile plants located in Berazategui, Argentina and Mercedes, Argentina. At the time of the alleged exposures, which began in the early 1960’s,

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs November 10, 2009 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JOHNNY VILLALOBOS Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 08-02508 W. Otis Higgs, Judge No. W2009-00449-CCA-R3-CD - Filed April 26, 2010 A Shelby County jury convicted the defendant, Johnny Villalobos, of robbery, a Class C felo