01A01-9510-CH-00450
01A01-9510-CH-00450
Trial Court Judge: Irvin H. Kilcrease, Jr.

Davidson Court of Appeals

02A01-9507-CH-00146
02A01-9507-CH-00146
Trial Court Judge: D. J. Alissandratos

Shelby Court of Appeals

01S01-9509-CR-00151
01S01-9509-CR-00151
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Davidson Supreme Court

01S01-9509-CR-00151
01S01-9509-CR-00151
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Davidson Supreme Court

01S01-9509-CR-00151
01S01-9509-CR-00151
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Davidson Supreme Court

03S01-9603-CV-00033
03S01-9603-CV-00033

Supreme Court

02A01-9511-CV-00251
02A01-9511-CV-00251
Trial Court Judge: James E. Swearengen

Shelby Court of Appeals

02C01-9411-CC-00245
02C01-9411-CC-00245

Dyer Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9412-CC-00265
02C01-9412-CC-00265

Henry Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9412-CC-00265
02C01-9412-CC-00265

Henry Court of Criminal Appeals

02S01-9509-CC-00085
02S01-9509-CC-00085

Supreme Court

02C01-9605-CR-00173
02C01-9605-CR-00173
Trial Court Judge: Bernie Weinman

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

03A01-9602-JV-00043
03A01-9602-JV-00043

Claiborne Court of Appeals

03A01-9604-CV-00153
03A01-9604-CV-00153

Court of Appeals

03A01-9605-CH-00162
03A01-9605-CH-00162

Court of Appeals

02C01-9505-CR-00146
02C01-9505-CR-00146
Trial Court Judge: Arthur T. Bennett

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9507-CR-00179
02C01-9507-CR-00179
Trial Court Judge: L. Terry Lafferty

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9509-CR-00277
02C01-9509-CR-00277

Shelby Court of Criminal Appeals

02C01-9510-CC-00307
02C01-9510-CC-00307
Trial Court Judge: Dick Jerman, Jr.

Haywood Court of Criminal Appeals

02A01-9607-CV-00156
02A01-9607-CV-00156
Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

Hardeman Court of Appeals

01S01-9509-CR-00151
01S01-9509-CR-00151
Trial Court Judge: Seth W. Norman

Davidson Supreme Court

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

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

David Hutton v. Ruth E. Johnson, Commissioner of Revenue, State of Tennessee - Dissenting
01A01-9601-CH-00023
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.

The majority has decided that Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-6-510 (1994) permits the purchaser of a used jet aircraft to reduce his state tax liability by deducting the value of a previously owned prop-driven aircraft from the purchase price of the jet aircraft. I do not agree that Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-6-510 applies to the purchase of the jet because the transaction does not involve a trade or series of trades.

Giles Court of Appeals

David Hutton, v. Ruth E. Johnson, Commissioner of Revenue, State of Tennessee - Dissenting
01A01-9601-CH-00023
Authoring Judge: Judge William C. Koch, Jr.

The majority has decided that Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-6-510 (1994) permits the purchaser of a used jet aircraft to reduce his state tax liability by deducting the value of a previously owned prop-driven aircraft from the purchase price of the jet aircraft. I do not agree that Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-6-510 applies to the purchase of the jet because the transaction does not involve a trade or series of trades.

Giles Court of Appeals