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State of Tennessee v. Monica L. Madden, a/k/a Shana Valeshia Goodwin, a/k/a Monica Wright M1999-00176-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn Trial Court Judge: Judge Seth W. Norman Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, the defendant pled guilty in Davidson County Criminal Court to two counts of assault and one count of accessory after the fact. She received an effective sentence of two years. The defendant appeals the trial court’s order that her sentence be served in the workhouse rather than in some alternative form, asserting that the trial court erred in considering her arrests while on bond as indications of her unsuitability for alternative sentencing; in making its determination based solely on her arrests while on bond; and in failing to consider her participation in a counseling program. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/05/00
State of Tennessee v. William Joseph Taylor M1999-00218-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree Trial Court Judge: Judge J. O. Bond The defendant was initially tried and convicted in Rutherford County for the crime of rape of a child. On appeal, this Court found that the defendant’s trial counsel was ineffective and remanded the case for a new trial. After remand, the defendant was indicted in Wilson County. The Wilson County Criminal Court found that the double jeopardy clauses of the United States Constitution and the Tennessee Constitution prohibited the State from prosecuting the defendant and dismissed the indictment. The State appealed the dismissal. We reverse the decision of the trial court and remand for a trial.	Wilson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/05/00
State of Tennessee v. Antonio Brewster M1999-00989-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry L. Smith Trial Court Judge: Judge J. Randall Wyatt, Jr. Defendant was convicted in the Criminal Court, Davidson County, Wyatt, Randall J., of felony murder in the perpetration of a robbery, attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated robbery, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. The defendant appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals, Smith J., held that: (1) the trial court did not err in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress his statement; (2) there was sufficient evidence that the defendant murdered a bystander in the perpetration of a robbery to support conviction for felony murder; and (3) the defendant was not denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. Affirmed.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/05/00
State of Tennessee vs. Daryl Robinson W1999-01386-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Judge Roy B. Morgan, Jr. The defendant, Daryl McKinley Robinson, appeals from the trial court’s revocation of his probationary sentence and order that he serve his effective 14-year, 11-month, 29-day sentence in the Department of Correction. In this appeal, he complains that the trial court erred in failing to make findings regarding whether his failure to pay fines and costs was willful or a result of lack of bona fide efforts to acquire the resources to pay. He further complains that the trial court erred in ordering him to serve his sentence in incarceration, rather than the Community Corrections program. Upon review, we find no abuse of discretion warranting a reversal of the court’s order and therefore affirm.	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/04/00
State of Tennessee v. Montrell Perry W1999-01419-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes Trial Court Judge: Judge Carolyn Wade Blackett The appellant entered guilty pleas to two counts of sale of cocaine, Class C felonies, and was sentenced to four years confinement in the Department of Correction. The appellant argues, in this direct appeal, that the trial court erred in ordering total confinement. The record supports denial of an alternative sentence. The judgment is affirmed.	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/04/00
State of Tennessee v. Michael Anderson Peek, alias Big Country, alias Michael Peak alias Michael Anderson Peak E1998-00038-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn Trial Court Judge: Judge Douglas A. Meyer The defendant was convicted of fourteen felonies, consisting of various rape, robbery, and burglary charges arising from complaints of five victims. He received an effective sentence of ninety-nine years. Appealing these convictions, he alleged, inter alia, that the trial court should have severed the offenses, rather than allowing all five to be tried in a single trial; that blood, saliva, and hair samples should have been suppressed; that he should not have been shackled during the trial, and that his sentence was improper. Of these assignments, we find error in the trial court’s allowing the complaints of all five victims to be tried in a single trial, and in the court’s not following the required procedures before shackling the defendant during the trial. The errors were harmless and, accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.	Hamilton	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/03/00
State of Tennessee v. Leon Goins W1999-00157-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams Trial Court Judge: Judge Russell Lee Moore, Jr. A jury found the defendant guilty of selling 0.5 grams of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance. He received a 15 year sentence as a Range II offender, consecutive to a prior felony. The defendant asserts error in allowing the state’s expert witness to testify to the aggregate weight of cocaine sold, when the witness did not test every particle of the submitted evidence. The defendant further asserts error in the trial court’s admitting a video tape of the sale and in the trial court’s sentencing. The judgment from the trial court is affirmed.	Dyer	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/02/00
State of Tennessee v. Carlos C. Beasley W1999-00426-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes Trial Court Judge: Judge James C. Beasley, Jr. The appellant, Carlos C. Beasley, referred herein as “the defendant,” appeals as of right from a conviction for especially aggravated robbery by a Shelby County jury. The same jury found the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, from which the defendant does not appeal. The Shelby County Criminal Court imposed a sentence of twenty-five (25) years for especially aggravated robbery in the Department of Correction. The defendant presents two appellate issues: 1) whether the evidence is sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find that every element of especially aggravated robbery has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt; and 2) whether the record shows that the trial court in its capacity as thirteenth (13th) juror failed to independently weigh the evidence upon consideration of the motion for a new trial.	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	05/02/00
State of Tennessee v. Donald Curtis Reid 01C01-9903-CR-00077 Trial Court Judge: J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/28/00
State vs. Larry Brumit M1999-00154-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles Trial Court Judge: James K. Clayton, Jr.	Rutherford	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/28/00
State vs. Robert Bassett Brown M1999-00867-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree Trial Court Judge: J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/28/00
State vs. Samuel D. Land M1999-01023-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes Trial Court Judge: Timothy L. Easter	Williamson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/28/00
State vs. Jason C. Carter, et al M1998-00798-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/00
State vs. Teddrick Williamson W1999-00055-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III	Tipton	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/00
State vs. James Carroll W1999-01741-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes Trial Court Judge: C. Creed Mcginley	Carroll	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/00
State vs. Halley Thompson W2000-00315-CCA-RM-CD Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton Trial Court Judge: John Franklin Murchison	Chester	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/00
State vs. Elizabeth Mullins E1999-01343-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton Trial Court Judge: James B. Scott, Jr.	Anderson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/00
State vs. David C. Vazquez M1999-00211-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge William B. Acree	Wilson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/00
State vs. Jerry Ray Chandler M1999-00543-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles Trial Court Judge: Cornelia A. Clark	Hickman	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/00
State vs. Rodney Ford M1999-01078-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley Trial Court Judge: Steve R. Dozier	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/00
State vs. Derrick Vernon, et al W1998-00612-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/25/00
State vs. Robert Rainey W1999-00692-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles Trial Court Judge: C. Creed Mcginley	Hardin	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/25/00
Harold Wayne Nichols vs. State E1998-00562-CCA-R3-PD Authoring Judge: Judge Alan E. Glenn Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr. The petitioner filed petitions for post-conviction relief for his conviction for first degree felony murder and his sentence of death, as well as for a number of convictions for sexual attacks on four additional victims. The bases of his complaints were that he had ineffective assistance of counsel at both the guilt and punishment phases of his capital trial, as well as in the noncapital cases, two of which were resolved by pleas of guilty. Specifically, he claimed that counsel failed to adequately investigate and prepare his cases; failed to question the probable cause for his arrest; and failed to question whether his confessions were "false." He raised additional claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and claims regarding the unconstitutionality of the imposition of capital punishment. The post-conviction court denied the claims other than to order new sentencing hearings in the noncapital cases. The petitioner then timely appealed the post-conviction court's rulings, other than the ordering of new sentencing hearings. We have carefully reviewed the record and, based upon our review, we affirm the judgments of the post-conviction court.	Hamilton	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/25/00
State vs. Lisa Marie Garren E1999-02420-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.	Blount	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/25/00
Ronnie Ray Hoover vs. State E1999-01114-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joseph M. Tipton Trial Court Judge: Leon C. Burns, Jr.	Cumberland	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/24/00