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02C01-9509-CR-00277 02C01-9509-CR-00277	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	11/12/96
02C01-9510-CC-00307 02C01-9510-CC-00307 Trial Court Judge: Dick Jerman, Jr.	Haywood	Court of Criminal Appeals	11/12/96
02C01-9605-CR-00173 02C01-9605-CR-00173 Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	11/12/96
State of Tennessee v. Richard Higgs W2000-02588-CCA-MR3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	11/11/96
James J. Benson, v. State of Tennessee 01C01-9401-CC-00026 Authoring Judge: Judge Joseph M. Tipton Trial Court Judge: Judge Donald P. Harris The petitioner, James J. Benson, appeals as of right from the Williamson County Circuit Court's denial of post-conviction relief. He is presently in the custody of the Department of Correction, serving as a Range II, multiple offender, an effective sentence of one hundred and twenty-eight years for convictions of two counts of aggravated kidnaping and one count each of armed robbery, conspiracy, and accessory before the fact to armed robbery, receiving a sentence of sixty years for each of the crimes except the conspiracy, for which he received a sentence of eight years. The convictions and sentences were affirmed on direct appeal on September 7, 1987, and reaffirmed on a petition to rehear on February 16, 1990. State v. Bobby Mitchell, Richard Cook, and James Benson, Williamson County, No. 87-185-III (Tenn. Crim. App. Sept. 27, 1989), app. denied, (Tenn. April 2, 1990).	Williamson	Court of Criminal Appeals	11/08/96
State of Tennessee v. Michael Gentry 01C01-9510-CC-00336 Authoring Judge: Judge Gary R. Wade Trial Court Judge: Judge Donald P. Harris The defendant, Michael Gentry, entered a plea of guilt to one count of official misconduct. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-16-402(a)(5). Pursuant to a plea agreement, the trial court imposed a Range I sentence of two years and granted probation but denied the defendant's request for judicial diversion. Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-35-313; State v. Dishman, 915 S.W.2d 458 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995). In this appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to grant judicial diversion; he also insists that the district attorney general was guilty of prosecutorial vindictiveness.	Williamson	Court of Criminal Appeals	11/08/96
State of Tennessee v. Mario A. Lavender and Eric L. Hobbs 01C01-9506-CR-00202 Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joe B. Jones Trial Court Judge: Judge J. Randall Wyatt, Jr. The appellants, Mario A. Lavender and Eric Hobbs, were found guilty of two counts of robbery, a Class C felony, and one count of theft over $1,000, a Class D felony, by a jury of their peers. The trial court found that Lavender was a standard offender and imposed Range I sentences as follows: (1) count 1, robbery, confinement for six (6) years in the Department of Correction, (2) count 2, robbery, confinement for six (6) years in the Department of Correction, and (3) count 4, theft, confinement for four (4) years in the Department of Correction. The trial court found that Hobbs was a multiple offender and imposed the following Range II sentences: (1) count 1, robbery, confinement for ten (10) years in the Department of Correction, (2) count 2, robbery, confinement for ten (10) years in the Department of Correction, and (3) count 4, theft, confinement for four (4) years in the Department of Correction. The trial court ordered that the sentences are to be served consecutively. The effective sentence for Lavender is sixteen (16) years, and the effective sentence for Hobbs is twenty-four (24) years. In this Court, both Lavender and Hobbs contend that the sentences imposed by the trial court are excessive. Hobbs also contends that the trial court committed error of prejudicial dimensions by (a) denying his motion to suppress a statement he made to police and (b) denying his motion in limine, which sought to deny the State of Tennessee the right to use his prior convictions to impeach him if he opted to testify. After a thorough review of the record, the briefs submitted by the parties, and the law applicable to the issues presented for review, it is the opinion of this Court that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	11/08/96
03C01-9510-CR-00330 03C01-9510-CR-00330	Hamilton	Court of Criminal Appeals	11/08/96
02C01-9503-CC-00095 02C01-9503-CC-00095 Trial Court Judge: John Franklin Murchison	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/31/96
02C01-9503-CC-0095 02C01-9503-CC-0095	Madison	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/31/96
02C01-9512-CC-00381 02C01-9512-CC-00381	Dyer	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/31/96
02C01-9601-CC-00030 02C01-9601-CC-00030	Fayette	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/31/96
Part Upon State v. Roger Dale Hill, No. 01C01-9508-Cc-00267 (Tenn. Crim. App. June 02C01-9610-CC-00340	Lake	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/31/96
Mario Harris v. State M2004-01782-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge David H. Welles Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman The Defendant, Mario Harris, appeals from the order of the trial court dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief as time-barred. The State has filed a motion requesting that this Court affirm the judgment of the trial court pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. We grant the State's motion and affirm the judgment of the trial court.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/31/96
State of Tennessee v. Charles Thompson And Verico W1998-00351-CCA-R10-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Jerry Smith Trial Court Judge: Chris B. Craft	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/31/96
Present Appeal, The Petitioner, Relying In Part Upon State v. Roger Dale Hill, No. 01C01- 02C01-9610-CC-00344	Lake	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/30/96
03C01-9509-CR-00291 03C01-9509-CR-00291 Trial Court Judge: Ray L. Jenkins	Knox	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/30/96
03C01-9510-CC-00325 03C01-9510-CC-00325 Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.	Blount	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/30/96
03A01-9603-CV-00096 03A01-9603-CV-00096	Anderson	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/30/96
03C01-9510-CC-00320 03C01-9510-CC-00320 Trial Court Judge: D. Kelly Thomas, Jr.	Blount	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/30/96
Adrian White v. State of Tennessee W2002-02755-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge J. Curwood Witt, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/30/96
01C01-9509-CC-00286 01C01-9509-CC-00286 Trial Court Judge: Gerald L. Ewell, Sr.	Coffee	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/29/96
01C01-9509-CC-00297 01C01-9509-CC-00297 Trial Court Judge: W. Charles Lee	Marshall	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/29/96
01C01-9510-CC-00338 01C01-9510-CC-00338 Trial Court Judge: J. S. Daniel	Rutherford	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/29/96
01C01-9511-CR-00368 01C01-9511-CR-00368	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	10/29/96