COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

03C01-9904-CR-00136
03C01-9904-CR-00136
Trial Court Judge: W. Lee Asbury

Claiborne Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Roy Morris
W1999-01628-CCA-R3-CO
Trial Court Judge: R. Lee Moore Jr.

Lake Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Marcus Mabon
W1999-01696-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Carlos Curry
W1999-01760-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Vinton Maclin
W1999-01845-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: James C. Beasley, Jr.

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9812-CR-00447
03C01-9812-CR-00447
Trial Court Judge: E. Eugene Eblen

Loudon Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9901-CR-00004
03C01-9901-CR-00004
Trial Court Judge: Ben K. Wexler

Hamblen Court of Criminal Appeals

03C01-9902-CC-00073
03C01-9902-CC-00073
Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.

Blount Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Troy S. Sales
M1998-00012-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: W. Charles Lee

Bedford Court of Criminal Appeals

M1998-00026-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00026-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Robert W. Wedemeyer

Montgomery Court of Criminal Appeals

M1998-00028-CCA-R3-PC
M1998-00028-CCA-R3-PC
Trial Court Judge: J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Bobby J. Young
M1998-00402-CCA-R3-CD

Dickson Court of Criminal Appeals

M1998-00424-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00424-CCA-R3-CD

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

M1998-00437-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00437-CCA-R3-CD

Montgomery Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Paul Max Quandt, Jr.
M1998-00446-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: James Curwood Witt

Franklin Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Glen H. Earls
M1998-00447-CCA-R3-CD

Coffee Court of Criminal Appeals

M1998-00460-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00460-CCA-R3-CD

Montgomery Court of Criminal Appeals

M1998-00467-CCA-R3-CD
M1998-00467-CCA-R3-CD

White Court of Criminal Appeals

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX

Davidson Court of Criminal Appeals

X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
X2010-0000-XX-X00-XX
Trial Court Judge: Donald P. Harris

Williamson Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Frankie E. Casteel
E1999-00076-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Douglas A. Meyer
Following a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of the first-degree murders of Richard Mason, Kenneth Griffith and Earl Smock in the Hamilton County Criminal Court, Douglas A. Myer, J., and the defendant appealed. The Court holds (1) that the trial court's failure to follow statutory procedures before admitting evidence that the defendant had committed prior bad acts was harmless error; (2) evidence that the defendant had threatened trespassers was properly admitted; (3) the evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant; (4) failure to swear-in the jury prior to voir dire was at most harmless error where the jury was impaneled in another county and sworn in there; (5) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to allow the defendant to present alternative perpetrator evidence when that evidence was too far removed in time and place to connect it to the murders; (6) the trial court's failure to suppress evidence found on the defendant's property was proper because the evidence was seized during a search for the victims; (7) testimony about the contents of incriminating letters and newspaper articles was necessary to explain the defendant's attempt to destroy them; (8) the trial court properly allowed the state to cross examine the defendant about items seized from his home; but (9) the admission of five hours of an extremely prejudicial conversation between the defendant, his wife and his mistress in order to allow the jury to hear one adoptive admission was reversible error, especially when (10) the state relied on the unfairly prejudicial portion of the conversation when arguing its case to the jury in order to highlight the defendant's character. Reversed and remanded.

Hamilton Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. William Davis, Jr.
M1999-01738-CCA-R3-CD

Montgomery Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Ricky Dale Langford
M1999-01740-CCA-R3-CD
Trial Court Judge: Leonard W. Martin

Cheatham Court of Criminal Appeals

State vs. Calvin Otis Tankesly
M2000-00135-CCA-R3-PC
Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley
Trial Court Judge: Jane W. Wheatcraft

Sumner Court of Criminal Appeals

M1999-00107-CCA-R3-CD
M1999-00107-CCA-R3-CD

Cannon Court of Criminal Appeals