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State of Tennessee v. Robert H. Harper, Jr. W1999-00492-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton Trial Court Judge: Judge C. Creed McGinley The defendant, Robert H. Harper, Jr. appeals upon a certified question of law his conviction in the Hardin County Circuit Court for felonious possession of marijuana for which he received a three year sentence as a Range I, standard offender and a fine of five thousand dollars. The defendant asserts that the stop of his vehicle was not based upon reasonable suspicion and that the subsequent warrantless search was unlawful. We conclude that the stop and search were improper, and we reverse the judgment of conviction and dismiss the case.	Hardin	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/06/00
Ronald C. Mitchell v. State of Tennessee W1999-01097-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton Trial Court Judge: Judge Joseph H. Walker, III Ronald C. Mitchell appeals from the Lauderdale County Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. He contends that he is entitled to post-conviction relief from a conviction for felonious possession of cocaine because (1) he received the ineffective assistance of trial counsel, (2) he received the ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, (3) the convicting trial court’s admission of a pager and money violated his right to due process, and (4) the systematic exclusion of African-Americans from the position of grand jury foreperson violated his right to equal protection. We affirm the trial court’s denial of the petition.	Lauderdale	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/06/00
Jeffery L. Vaughn v. State of Tennessee W1999-01490-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton Trial Court Judge: Judge Lee Moore Jeffery L. Vaughn appeals from the Dyer County Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. He contends that he was deprived of his constitutional right to a fair trial because jurors allegedly overheard a bench conference egarding his prior criminal record. He also contends that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel at trial due to his counsels’ failure to inform him of the correct sentencing range, to have the cocaine independently weighed, to present the testimony of his drug counselor, and to move for an acquittal at the end of the proof. We affirm the trial court’s denial of the petition for post-conviction relief.	Dyer	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/06/00
State of Tennessee v. Jeremy M. Batey M1999-00245-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry L. Smith Trial Court Judge: Judge J. Randall Wyatt, Jr. A Davidson County jury convicted the appellant, Jeremy M. Batey, of one count of reckless homicide, a Class D felony. The trial court sentenced the appellant as a Range I offender to three years incarceration in the local workhouse. On appeal the appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying him an alternative sentence solely on the basis that the crime involved a death. We hold that where the legislature has provided for alternative sentencing in certain homicide offenses, the denial of an alternative sentence solely on the basis of the victim’s death is erroneous. However, in the instant case the circumstances of the offense, including illegal drug and alcohol use which contributed to the offense, and the appellant’s history of alcohol and drug abuse, including the use of marijuana 2 ½ years after the offense and approximately four months prior to his trial justify the denial of alternative sentencing.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/04/00
01C01-9905-CC-00180 01C01-9905-CC-00180 Trial Court Judge: Donald P. Harris		Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
State vs. Michael A. Daniel M1998-00092-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
M1998-00323-CCA-R3-CD M1998-00323-CCA-R3-CD	Montgomery	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
01C01-9807-CR-00298 01C01-9807-CR-00298 Trial Court Judge: Walter C. Kurtz	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
State vs. Fred Edmond Dean E1998-00135-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles	Sullivan	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
State vs. Daniel Phillips, Jr. E1999-01104-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley	Anderson	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
State vs. Susan L. Adams a/k/a Shannon Adams M1999-01200-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge L. Terry Lafferty Trial Court Judge: Cornelia A. Clark	Williamson	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
M1999-01517-CCA-R3-PC M1999-01517-CCA-R3-PC	Lincoln	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
State vs. Gregory Lavell Carson, Jr. M1999-00315-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Sr. Judge L. Terry Lafferty Trial Court Judge: J. Stephen Daniel	Rutherford	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
Michael Allen Hamlin vs. State M1999-00936-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley	Marshall	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/31/00
01C01-9811-CC-00453 01C01-9811-CC-00453	Williamson	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/30/00
John Hessmer vs. State M2004-02818-CCA-R3-HC Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith Trial Court Judge: Monte D. Watkins This matter is before the Court upon the State's motion to affirm the judgment of the trial court by memorandum opinion pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. The petitioner has appealed the trial court's order summarily dismissing the petition for writ of habeas corpus. Upon a review of the record in this case, we are persuaded that the trial court was correct in summarily dismissing the habeas corpus petition and that this case meets the criteria for affirmance pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. Accordingly, the State's motion is granted and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/30/00
W1999-01011-CCA-R3-PC W1999-01011-CCA-R3-PC	Dyer	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/24/00
State vs. John Ruff W1999-01457-CCA-R3-CD	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/24/00
State vs. Christopher Max Hall M1998-00180-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge David G. Hayes Trial Court Judge: Leon C. Burns, Jr.	Putnam	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/23/00
State vs. Lester Coble W1998-00690-CCA-R3-CD	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/23/00
State vs. James Higgins W1999-01726-CCA-R3-PC	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/23/00
State vs. Anthony Anderson W1999-01730-CCA-R3-PC	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/23/00
State vs. John H. Williams W1999-01731-CCA-R3-PC	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/23/00
State vs. Eric Thomas W1999-01255-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge John Everett Williams Trial Court Judge: Joseph B. Dailey	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/22/00
State vs. Stanley Adams W1999-02741-CCA-R3-PC	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	03/22/00