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Tony Bland v. State of Tennessee W2002-01784-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge Joe G. Riley Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals	06/19/90
Arthur Ray Lepley 01C01-9903-CR-00084	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	04/27/90
Joe Utley vs. State of Tennessee 01C01-9709-CR-00428 Authoring Judge: Senior Judge L. T. Lafferty Trial Court Judge: Judge Seth W. Norman The appellant, Joe L. Utley, appeals as of right from a judgment of the Davidson County Criminal Court denying his petition for post-conviction relief. The petitioner alleges that trial and appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance in several areas. After a through review of the record, we REMAND to the trial court with instructions to enter a findings of fact and conclusions of law.	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/08/88
Knight vs. Knight 01A01-9710-CV-00609		Court of Criminal Appeals
01C01-9508-CC-00257 01C01-9508-CC-00257 Trial Court Judge: J. S. Daniel	Rutherford	Court of Criminal Appeals
State of Tennessee v. Ricky Anderson W2022-00452-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge Robert L. Holloway, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Judge Glenn Ivy Wright Defendant, Ricky Anderson, appeals his Shelby County convictions for two counts of first degree premeditated murder, for which he received concurrent life sentences. Defendant contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his convictions and that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting photographs of one of the deceased victims. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgments of the trial court.	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals
Kristina Cole v. State of Tennessee W2022-01245-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge Robert L. Holloway, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Judge J. Robert Carter, Jr. Petitioner, Kristina Cole, appeals the denial of post-conviction relief from her Shelby County convictions for two counts of conspiracy to possess 300 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to sell or deliver in a drug-free zone and two counts of possession of 300 grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to sell or deliver in a drug-free zone. Petitioner contends that she was denied the effective assistance of counsel based upon counsel’s failure to: (1) object to irrelevant and prejudicial text messages introduced at trial; (2) file a Bruton motion; (3) contest that Petitioner tracked the package containing the methamphetamine; (4) adequately prepare for trial; (5) object when the State argued that Petitioner’s silence implied guilt; (6) object when the prosecutor “testified during closing argument in order to bolster his own credibility”; and (7) object when the prosecutor intentionally misrepresented evidence during closing argument. Petitioner further asserts that she is entitled to relief based on cumulative error. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals
Jaselyn Grant v. State of Tennessee W2022-01453-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Judge Chris Craft The petitioner, Jaselyn Grant, appeals the denial of her petition for post-conviction relief, which petition challenged her convictions of second degree murder, reckless endangerment, and aggravated assault, alleging that she was deprived of effective assistance of counsel at trial. Because the petitioner has failed to establish that she is entitled to post-conviction relief, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.	Shelby	Court of Criminal Appeals
State of Tennessee v. Jacob A. Smith E2023-01065-CCA-R3-CD Authoring Judge: Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Judge G. Scott Green The defendant, Jacob A. Smith, appeals his Knox County jury conviction of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, challenging the trial court’s denial of his motion to continue his trial to attain the assistance of an expert witness. Because the defendant’s motion for new trial was untimely filed and because we decline to waive the untimeliness of the defendant’s notice of appeal, we dismiss the appeal.	Knox	Court of Criminal Appeals	07/12/24
Kris Young v .State of Tennessee E2022-00235-CCA-R3-PC Authoring Judge: Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr. Trial Court Judge: Judge G. Scott Green The petitioner, Kris Young, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, which petition challenged his convictions of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, and aggravated burglary, alleging that the trial court erred in the jury instructions, that the evidence was insufficient to support the aggravated kidnapping conviction, that the kidnapping statutes are unconstitutionally vague, that his aggravated kidnapping conviction violates the principles of double jeopardy, and that trial and appellate counsel performed deficiently. Discerning no error, we affirm the denial of post-conviction relief.	Knox	Court of Criminal Appeals	08/03/23
01C01-9209-CC-00290 01C01-9209-CC-00290 Trial Court Judge: William Charles Lee	Lincoln	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9307-CR-00240 01C01-9307-CR-00240 Trial Court Judge: Ann Lacy Johns	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9307-PB-00219 01C01-9307-PB-00219 Trial Court Judge: James R. Everett	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9403-CR-00081 01C01-9403-CR-00081 Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman	Hancock	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9406-CC-00233 01C01-9406-CC-00233	Lincoln	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9406-CR-00188 01C01-9406-CR-00188 Trial Court Judge: Ann Lacy Johns	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9406-CR-00218 01C01-9406-CR-00218 Trial Court Judge: Thomas H. Shriver	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9406-CR-00231 01C01-9406-CR-00231	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9408-CR-00270 01C01-9408-CR-00270 Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman	Davidson	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9409-CC-00313 01C01-9409-CC-00313 Trial Court Judge: Leonard W. Martin	Houston	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9409-CC-00317 01C01-9409-CC-00317	Marshall	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9409-CC-00327 01C01-9409-CC-00327 Trial Court Judge: W. Charles Lee	Lincoln	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9410-CC-00350 01C01-9410-CC-00350 Trial Court Judge: W. Charles Lee	Bedford	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9411-CC-00387 01C01-9411-CC-00387	Wayne	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10
01C01-9412-CC-00406 01C01-9412-CC-00406 Trial Court Judge: Jim T. Hamilton	Maury	Court of Criminal Appeals	12/01/10