SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
SUPREME COURT DISCRETIONARY APPEALS
Grants & Denials List
* AMENDED *
Monday, April 18, 2011
GRANTS
STYLE/APPEAL NUMBER
COUNTY
TRIAL JUDGE
TRIAL COURT NO.
APPELLATE
JUDGE
JUDGMENT
NATURE
OF
APPEAL
ACTION
Nashville
State of Tennessee v.
James Edward Farrar, Jr.
M2009-01285-SC-R11-CD
Bedford County Circuit Court
Judge Lee Russell
No. 16183
Witt, J.,
Reversed
Rule 11
Granted and Remanded to Court
Criminal Appeals - Application of James
Edward Farrar, Jr.
(Order filed 4-14-2011; copy attached)
Knoxville
Ray Bell Construction Co., Inc. v. State
of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of
Transportation
E2009-01803-SC-R11-CV
Tennessee Claims
Commission
William O. Schults,
Commissioner
No. T2007-1215-1
McClarty, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Rule 11
Granted - Application of State of
Tennessee, Tennessee Department of
Transportation
(Order filed 4-13-2011; copy attached)
Page 1 of 21
Jackson
Steven Ray Kennedy v.
State of Tennessee
W2010-00278-SC-R11-PC
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr.
No. 06-05747
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Granted - Application of Steven Ray
Kennedy; judgment of the Court of
Criminal Appeals affirming the summary
dismissal of trial court is reversed, and this
matter is remanded to the trial court for the
appointment of counsel, who shall be
afforded an opportunity to amend the pro
se petition.
(Order filed 4-18-2011; copy attached)
State of Tennessee v.
Mark Anthony McNack
W2010-00471-SC-R11-CD
Madison County Circuit
Court
Judge Donald H. Allen
No. 03-220
Thomas, J.,
Reversed in
Part, Affirmed
in Part,
Remanded
Rule 11
Granted - Application of State of
Tennessee
(Order filed 4-13-2011; copy attached)
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
SUPREME COURT DISCRETIONARY APPEALS
Monday, April 18, 2011
DENIALS
STYLE/APPEAL NUMBER
COUNTY
TRIAL JUDGE
TRIAL COURT NO.
APPELLATE
JUDGE
JUDGMENT
NATURE
OF
APPEAL
ACTION
Page 2 of 21
Nashville
State of Tennessee v. Robin Blaskis, et al.
M2009-01154-SC-R11-CD
Putnam County Criminal
Court
Judge Leon Burns
No. 06-0867
Smith, J.,
Affirmed
Davidson County Circuit
Court
Judge Thomas W. Brothers
No. 08C1165
Clement, J.,
Affirmed
Carol L. Brandon v. Williamson Medical
Center, et al
M2010-00321-SC-R11-CV
Williamson County Circuit
Court
Judge James G. Marin, III
No. 09471
Highers, J.,
Affirmed
State of Tennessee v. Calvin Eugene
Bryant, Jr.
M2009-01718-SC-R11-CD
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Steve R. Dozier
No. 2008-B-1478
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
Robertson County Circuit
Court
Judge John Gasaway, III
No. 04-0249
Welles, J.,
Affirmed
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Cheryl Blackburn
No. 2007-D-3154
Wedemeyer,J.,
Affirmed
Putnam County Circuit
Court
Judge David Patterson
No. 07-0676
Wedemeyer,J.
Affirmed
Wondimu Borena v. Yellow Cab Metro,
Inc., et al.
M2010-00580-SC-R11-CV
Daniel E. Buck v. State of Tennessee
M2010-00174-SC-R11-PC
Darrell Wayne Bumpas v. State of
Tennessee
M2010-00222-SC-R11-PC
James A. Burgess v. State of Tennessee
M2010-01517-SC-R11-CO
Rule 11
Denied - Application of robin Blaskis
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Wondimu
Borena
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Carol L. Brandon
(Order filed 4-15-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Calvin Eugene
Bryant, Jr.
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Daniel E. Buck
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Darrell Wayne
Bumpas
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of James A.
Burgess
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Page 3 of 21
Deana Elizabeth Church v.
Thomas Neal Church
M2009-02159-SC-R11-CV
Billy J. Coffelt v. State of Tennessee
M2009-00474-SC-R11-PC
Larry H. Coleman v. Matthew Kisber,
et al.
M2010-00642-SC-R11-CV
Eric Davis v. State of Tennessee
M2009-01560-SC-R11-PC
Fieldstone Farms Homeowners
Association, et al. v. Cavender
Enterprises, LLC
M2010-00233-SC-R11-CV
Williamson County Circuit
Court
Judge Robbie T. Beal
No. 03306
Kirby, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Rule 11
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge J. Randall Wyatt, Jr.
No. 99-A-552
Smith, J.,
Affirmed
Davidson County Chancery
Court
Chancellor Russell T.
Perkins
No. 10137-IV
Stafford, J.,
Affirmed in
Part; Reversed
in Part;
Kirby, J.,
Separate
Concurring
Opinion
Rule 11
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Seth Norman
No. 2005-C-2271
Thomas, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Williamson County
Chancery Court
Judge Timothy L. Easter
No. 36821
Cottrell, J.,
Reversed
Denied - Application of Thomas Neal
Church
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Billy J. Coffelt
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Larry H.
Coleman
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Denied - Application of Eric Davis
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Fieldstone Farms
Homeowners Association, Andy Bailey,
Harry T. Fisk, and John M. Babb
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Patsy Freeman, et al. v. CSX
Transportation, Inc., et al.
M2009-02403-SC-R11-CV
Rutherford County Circuit
Court
Judge J. Mark Rogers
No. 49982
Clement, J.,
Affirmed;
Cottrell, J.,
Separate
Dissenting
Opinion
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Patsy Freeman
(Wade, J., Not Participating)
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Page 4 of 21
Jennifer Bonner Givens, et al. v.
Mark S. Josovitz, et al.
M2010-00071-SC-R11-CV
State of Tennessee v. Derrick Lemon
Goode
M2009-02259-SC-R11-CD
Thomas M. Goss v. State of Tennessee
M2009-02628-SC-R11-PC
Zula Gray v. Joe Bednarz, Jr.
M2010-00010-SC-R11-CV
Matthew R. Hakoda v. State of Tennessee
M2009-01152-SC-R11-PC
Marquise Harris v. State of Tennessee
M2010-01905-SC-R11-HC
State of Tennessee v. Emmett Harvell and
Bardell Nelson Joseph
M2009-01168-SC-R11-CD
Rutherford County Circuit
Court
Judge Royce Taylor
No. 54216
Highers, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Bedford County Circuit
Court
Judge Robert Crigler
No. 16697
Witt, J.,
Affirmed
Moore County Circuit Court
Judge Robert Crigler
No. 951
Wedemeyer, J.
Affirmed
Sumner County Circuit
Court
Judge C. L. Rogers
No. 29219-C
Clement, J.,
Affirmed
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Steve Dozier
No. 2004-B-1212
Woodall, J.,
Affirmed
Davidson County Circuit
Court
Judge Amanda McClendon
No. 10C-2401
Smith, J.,
Affirmed,
Rule 20
Rule 11
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Cheryl Blackburn
No. 2008-D-3551
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Jennifer Bonner
Givens
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Derrick Lemon
Goode
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Thomas M. Goss
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Zula Gray
(Order filed 4-15-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Matthew R.
Hakoda
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Marquise Harris
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Emmett Harvell
and Bardell Nelson Joseph
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Page 5 of 21
State of Tennessee v. John C. Howard
M2009-00465-SC-R11-CD
In Re: Madison K.P.
M2009-02331-SC-R11-JV
Timotheus Johnson v. State of Tennessee
M2009-01571-SC-R11-PC
Anthony Dewayne Jordan v. State of
Tennessee
M2010-00774-SC-R11-PC
Sandra Newman, et al. v. Rubye J. Jarrell,
et al.
M2010-00586-SC-R11-CV
Montgomery County Circuit
Court
Judge Michael R. Jones
No. 40800338
Woodall, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Rutherford County Juvenile
Court
Judge Donna Scott
Davenport
No. 36611J
Clement, J.,
Affirmed in
Part; Reversed
in Part
Rule 11
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Steve Dozier
No. 2006-C-2319
Ogle, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Steve Dozier
No. 2007-D-3279
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Rutherford County Circuit
Court
Judge Royce Taylor
No. 57145
Bennett, J.,
Affirmed in
Part; Reversed
and Remanded
in Part
Denied - Application of John C. Howard
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Denied - Application of Father
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Denied - Application of Timotheus
Johnson
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Anthony
Dewayne Jordan
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Applications of Sandra Daniel
Newman, Timothy Patrick Newman, and
Alyssa Christy-Millet and of Joseph D.
Ash, Jr.
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Wade Phelps / Phelps Harrington
Construction Co., Inc. v. C & C
Construction Co., LLC, et al.
M2010-00228-SC-R11-CV
Davidson County Chancery
Court
Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle
No. 04-3567-III
Highers, J.,
Affirmed
State of Tennessee v. Michelle Lee Raines
M2010-00692-SC-R11-CD
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Cheryl Blackburn
No. 2008-C-3166
Witt,, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Wade Phelps /
Phelps Harrington Construction Co., Inc.
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Michelle Lee
Raines
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Page 6 of 21
Paul Rawdon, et al. v. Jimmie Lee
Johnston, et al.
M2010-0197-SC-R11-CV
Lewis County Chancery
Court
Judge Jeffrey S. Bivins
No. 5384
Bennett, J.,
Reversed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Jimmie Lee
Johnston, Faye Johnston, Jimmy Douglas
Johnston, and Andrea Faye Morrow
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
State of Tennessee v. Michael Martez
Rhodes
M2009-00077-SC-R11-CD
Davidson County Criminal
Court
Judge Cheryl Blackburn
No. 2007-B-1384
Williams, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Michael Martez
Rhodes; trial court is directed to amend
the judgment to reflect the mandatory
sentence of community supervision for
life in accordance with TCA § 39-13524(a)
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Shemain Sherille Riley, et al. v.
Edith Swift
M2009-01717-SC-R11-CV
Davidson County Circuit
Court
Judge Amanda McClendon
No. 08C2053
Cottrell, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Edith Swift;
Granted - Edith Swift’s Motion to
Submit Revised Version of Appellant’s
Brief
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
State of Tennessee v. Andrew Douglas
Rush
M2009-02253-SC-R11-CD
Coffee County Circuit Court
Judge Charles Lee
No. 36,428
Welles, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Andrew Douglas
Rush
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
James R. Smith v. State of Tennessee
M2009-02077-SC-R11-PC
Southern Trust Insurance Company v.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Company, et al.
M2011-00157-SC-S09-CV
Putnam County Criminal
Court
Judge David Patterson
No. 03-0826
Welles, J.,
Affirmed
Davidson County Circuit
Court
Judge Hamilton v. Gayden,
Jr.
No. 10C388
Per Curiam,
Rule 9 Denied
Rule 11
Denied - Application of James R. Smith
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Southern Trust
Insurance Company;
(Lee, J., not participating)
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Page 7 of 21
State of Tennessee v. Huedel Sparkman
M2009-02511-SC-R11-CD
Valenti Mid-South Management, LLC v.
Reagan Farr
M2010-00313-SC-R11-CV
Limmie R. Walls v. Bobby G. Hopkins
M2009-01416-SC-R11-CV
Marshall County Circuit
Court
Judge Robert Crigler
No. 17170
Ogle, J.,
Affirmed
Davidson County Chancery
Court
Chancellor Carol L. McCoy
No. 08-1978-II
Highers, J.,
Affirmed
Sumner County Circuit
Court
Judge C. L. Rogers
No. 30247-C
McClarty, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Huedel
Sparkman
(Order filed 4-15-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Valenti MidSouth Management, LLC
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Limmie R. Wall
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Knoxville
Laurie Boudreaux v. Philip Ernest Cobble
E2010-02433-SC-R11-CV
Knox County Circuit Court
Judge Michael Moyers
No. 115618
Franks, J.,
Denied Motion
to Amend
Notice of
Appeal
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Philip Ernest
Cobble. The January 12, 2011 order of
the Court of Appeals is designated “Not
for Citation” in accordance with Supreme
Court Rule 4(E)(1).
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
State of Tennessee v. Domonte O. Briggs
E2009-02397-SC-R11-CD
Sullivan County Circuit
Court
Judge Jerry Beck
No. S52273
Witt, J.,
Reversed and
Dismissed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of State of
Tennessee
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Page 8 of 21
Cascade Ohio, Inc., d/b/a C.W. Ohio, Inc.
v. Modern Machine Corporation, A
Tennessee Corporation, et al.
E2009-01948-SC-R11-CV
Marianne Greer Cobble v. Philip Ernest
Cobble
E2010-02584-SC-R11-CV
Bradley County Chancery
Court
Judge Jerri S. Bryant
No. 04-054
Knox County Circuit Court
Judge Bill Swann
Nos. 108701 and 108671
Susano, J.,
Modified in
Part, Reversed
in Part;
Unreversed
Portion of
Judgment
Affirmed as
Modified
Rule 11
Susano, J.,
Dismissed
Rule 11
Denied - Applications of Cascade Ohio,
Inc., d/b/a C.W. Ohio, Inc. and CMTD,
Inc., f/k/a Cullom Machine, Tool & Die,
Inc., Heinrich B. Dickhut and Karen
Dickhut
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Philip Ernest
Cobble. The December 20, 2010 order of
the Court of Appeals is designated “Not
for Citation” in accordance with Supreme
Court Rule 4(E)(1);
Denied as Moot - Mr. Cobble’s Motion
to Expedite
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Marianne Greer Cobble v. Philip Ernest
Cobble
E2010-02648-SC-R11-CV
Knox County Circuit Court
Judge Bill Swann
Nos. 108701 and 108671
Franks, J.,
Denied
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Philip Ernest
Cobble;
Denied as Moot - Mr. Cobble’s Motion
to Expedite
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Dwayne R. Cross v. State of Tennessee
E2009-02153-SC-R11-CO
Blount County Circuit Court
Judge David Reed Duggan
Nos. C-10380 and C-10542
Tipton, J.,
Order Granting
Attorney to
Withdraw
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Dwayne R. Cross
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Page 9 of 21
Joshua Todd Daniel v. Kevin M. Grimac,
et al.
E2009-01510-SC-R11-CV
Knox County Circuit Court
Judge Dale Workman
No. 1-386-06
Farmer, J.,
Vacated and
Remanded
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Herbert S.
Moncier;
Denied - “Petition for Writ of Mandamus
and/or Motion to Remand to the Court of
Appeals
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Dillard Construction, Inc., Inc. v. Havron
Contracting Corp.
E2010-00170-SC-R11-CV
Hamilton County Chancery
Court
Judge W. Frank Brown, III
No. 08-0319
Susano, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Sullivan County Circuit
Court
Judge Jerry Beck
No. S45106
Ogle, J.,
Affirmed
Knox County Criminal
Court
Judge Bob r. McGee
No. 83885
Tipton, J.,
Affirmed
Albert J. Hale v. James Neely,
Commissioner of The Tennessee
Department of Labor and Workforce
Development, et al.
E2010-00475-SC-R11-CV
Hawkins County Chancery
Court
Chancellor Thomas R.
Frierson
No. 17150
Franks, J.,
Affirmed
Jeremy Paul Hopkins v. Bradley County,
Tennessee, et al.
E2010-00832-SC-R11-CV
Bradley County Circuit
Court
Judge Jerri Bryant
No. V-07-965
Franks, J.,
Affirmed in
Part, Reversed
in Part,
Remanded
Daniel Lee Draper v. State of Tennessee
E2009-00952-SC-R11-PC
State of Tennessee v. Baldomero Galindo
E2009-00549-SC-R11-CD
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Dillard
Construction, Inc.
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Daniel Lee
Draper
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Baldomero
Galindo
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Albert J. Hale
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Jeremy Paul
Hopkins
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Page 10 of 21
State of Tennessee v. Jim Hunter
E2009-01967-SC-R11-CD
Hamilton County Criminal
Court
Judge Rebecca J. Stern
No. 262897
Thomas, J.,
Affirmed
Knox County Circuit Court
Judge Dale Workman
No. 1-297-08
Susano, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Rule 11
Claiborne County Criminal
Court
Judge E. Shayne Sexton
No. 12,557
Tipton, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Bledsoe County Circuit
Court
Judge Thomas W. Graham
No. 55-2007
Tipton, J.,
Affirmed
New South Federal Savings Bank v.
Brenda Pugh
E2009-02150-SC-R11-CV
Blount County Circuit Court
Judge David R. Duggan
Nos. L-16579 and L-16580
Susano, J.,
Affirmed
Richard Lynn Norton v. State of
Tennessee
E2010-02250-SC-R11-CO
Greene County Circuit Court
Judge John F. Dugger, Jr.
No. 97CR443
Thomas, J.,
Tipton, J.,
Witt, J.,
Dismissed
Rule 11
McClarty, J.,
Reversed
Rule 11
Chris Lawrence v. Leigh Ann Lawerence
E2010-00395-SC-R11-CV
Christopher Lovin v. State of Tennessee
E2009-00939-SC-R11-PC
State of Tennessee v. Kenneth Meyer
E2009-02294-SC-R11-CD
William Simerly, et al. v.
City of Elizabethton
E2009-01694-SC-R11-CV
Carter County Chancery
Court
Chancellor G. Richard
Johnson
No. 26425
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Jim Hunter
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Chris Lawrence
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Christopher
Lovin
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Kenneth J. Meyer
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Brenda Pugh
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Richard Lynn
Norton
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Lewis Honeycutt
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Page 11 of 21
Doyle Sweeney, et al. v. Charles Koehler,
et al.
E2009-02306-SC-R11-CV
Eddie Ward v. Tereesa Yokley, et al.
E2009-02620-SC-R11-CV
Angela Susan Wisdom v. Wellmont
Health Systems
E2010-00716-SC-R11-CV
Greene County Chancery
Court
Chancellor Thomas R.
Frierson
No. 20070091
McClarty, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Roane County Chancery
Court
Chancellor Frank V.
Williams, III
No. 16285
Franks, J.,
Reversed
Sullivan County Circuit
Court
Judge John S. McLellan, III
No. C37045©
Franks, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Doyle Sweeney
and Gloria Sweeney
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Eddie Ward
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Wellmont Health
Systems
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Jackson
Miko Burl v. James Fortner, Warden
W2009-02282-SC-R11-HC
Perdido Cook v. State of Tennessee
W2009-02038-SC-R11-PC
Robert Edwards, et al. v.
City of Memphis, et al.
W2010-00983-SC-R11-CV
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge W. Otis Higgs, Jr.
No. 99-01971-73
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge John P. Colton, Jr.
No. P-26846
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Chancery
Court
Chancellor Arnold Goldin
No. CH-05-1880
Stafford, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Miko Burl
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Perdido Cook
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Robert Edwards,
Paul Keating, Jeff Todd, Ken roach,
Jimmie L. Daniels, Otis Anderson, Jr. and
Harrison Garrison
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Page 12 of 21
James Fortune v. Unum Life Insurance
Company of America, et al.
W2009-01395-SC-R11-CV
Shelby County Circuit Court
Judge Donna Fields
No. CT-005641-06
Farmer, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Rule 11
State of Tennessee v. Bruce Franks, Jr.
W2010-00312-SC-R11-CV
Hardin County Circuit Court
Judge Creed McGinley
Nos. 8192, 8757 and 9062
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Madison County Circuit
Court
Judge Donald H. Allen
No. 08-622
McLin, J.,
Affirmed
Madison County Circuit
Court
Judge Donald H. Allen
No. 08-717
Ogle, J.,
Affirmed
Fayette County Circuit Court
Judge J. Weber McCraw
No. 6208
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge W. Mark Ward
No. 07-09167
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge James M. Lammey, Jr.
No. 04-00120
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
Carroll County Circuit Court
Judge Donald Parish
No. 04CR49-PC
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
State of Tennessee v.
Jermaine Mitchell Gray
W2009-01260-SC-R11-CD
State of Tennessee v. Steven Cornell Gray
W2009-01611-SC-R11-CD
State of Tennessee v. Jonathan Greer
W2009-02414-SC-R11-CD
State of Tennessee v. Anthony Hall, et al.
W2009-02280-SC-R11-CD
State of Tennessee v. Charles Hall
W2009-02569-SC-R11-CD
Rick D. Hanebutt v. State of Tennessee
W2009-01346-SC-R11-PC
Denied - Application of James Fortune
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Denied - Application of Bruce Franks, Jr.
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Jermaine
Mitchell Gray
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Steven Cornell
Gray
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Jonathan Greer
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Eric Murrell
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Charles Hall
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Rick D. Hanebutt
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Page 13 of 21
State of Tennessee v. Montorius G.
Herron
W2009-02493-SC-R11-CD
Madison County Circuit
Court
Judge Roy B. Morgan, Jr.
No. 09-15
McLin, J.,
Affirmed
Raynard Hill, Sr. v. Southwest Tennessee
Community College
W2010-01222-SC-R11-CV
Tennessee Claims
Commission
Judge Nancy C. MillerHerron
No. T20090563-1
Highers, J.,
Affirmed
State of Tennessee v. Michael Hilliard
W2009-02813-SC-R11-CD
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge James M. Lammey, Jr.
No. 03-01956, 07-09177
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge w. Otis Higgs, Jr.
No. 08-01693
Tipton, J.,
Affirmed in
Part; Reversed
in Part; and
Remanded
Rule 11
Henderson County Circuit
Court
Judge Roger A. Page
No. 08059-3
McMullen, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Lake County Circuit Court
Judge Russell Lee Moore, Jr.
No. 10-CR-9407
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge Chris Craft
No. 08-05474
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
State of Tennessee v. Mark Hines
W2009-00450-SC-R11-CD
State of Tennessee v. Edward Hood, Jr.
W2009-02501-SC-R11-CD
Henry Johnson v. Tony Parker
W2010-00563-SC-R11-HC
State of Tennessee v. O’Neal Johnson
W2010-00405-SC-R11-CD
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Montorious G.
Herron
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Raynard Hill, Sr.
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Michael Hilliard
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Denied - Application of Mark Hines
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Denied - Application of Edward Hood, Jr.
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Henry Johnson
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of O’Neal Johnson
(Order filed 4-18-2011)
Page 14 of 21
Kevin Jones v. State of Tennessee
W2009-02051-SC-R11-PC
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge W. Otis Higgs, Jr.
No. P-28447
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge Chris Craft
No. 04-02523
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Kevin Millen v. Memphis City Schools,
et al.
W2010-02565-SC-R11-CV
Shelby County Chancery
Court
Judge Kenny W. Armstrong
No. CH-10-1903-3
Highers, J.,
Farmer, J.,
Dismissed
Rule 11
Kevin Millen v. State of Tennessee
W2010-01682-SC-R11-CV
Shelby County General
Sessions Court
Judge Unknown
No. 09-143
Highers, J. and
Farmer, J.,
Order Denying
Motion
Rule 11
Shelby County Chancery
Court
Chancellor Arnold B. Goldin
No. CH-09-0662-2
Farmer, J.,
Affirmed and
Remanded
Rule 11
Madison County Circuit
Court
Judge Donald H. Allen
No. 08-674
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Lake County Circuit Court
Judge R. Lee Moore
No. 09-CR-9297
Glenn, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge W. Mark Ward
No. 0704461
Williams, J.,
Glenn, J.,
McLin, J.,
Rule 9 Denied
Latisha Jones v. State of Tennessee
W2009-02057-SC-R11-PC
David G. Mills, et al. v. First Horizon
Home Loan Corporation, et al.
W2010-00310-SC-R11-CV
State of Tennessee v. Joseph Nelson
W2009-02190-SC-R11-CV
State of Tennessee v. Mark A. Owens
W2010-00314-SC-R11-CD
State of Tennessee v. Ricky Richards
W2010-02453-SC-S09-PC
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Kevin Jones
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Latisha Jones
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Kevin Millen
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Kevin Millen
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of David G. Mills,
et al.
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Joseph Nelson
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Mark A. Owens
(Order filed 4-18-2011)
Rule 9
Denied - Application of Ricky Richards
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
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Donna Shedd v. Community Health
Systems, Inc., et al.
W2009-02140-SC-R11-CV
Weakley County Circuit
Court
Judge William B. Acree, Jr.
No. 4203
Highers, J.,
Vacated and
Remanded
Rule 11
Curtis Smith v. State of Tennessee
W2009-01689-SC-R11-PC
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge Carolyn Wade
Blackett
Nos. 07-06189-95 and
07-04856-59
Williams, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Lauderdale County Circuit
Court
Judge Joseph H. Walker, III
No. 8347
Thomas, J.,
Affirmed
Rickey Clyde Taylor v. State of
Tennessee
W2009-02182-SC-R11-PC
Denied - Application of Donna Shedd
(Order filed 4-13-2011)
Denied - Application of Curtis Smith
(Order filed 4-18-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Rickey Clyde
Taylor;
Denied - Motion for appointment of
counsel filed by Rickey Clyde Taylor
(Order filed 4-14-2011)
Joyce Via v. Larry Edward Oehlert, Sr.
W2010-01290-SC-R11-CV
Lawrence Earl Wade v. State of
Tennessee
W2009-02663-SC-R11-PC
State of Tennessee v Charles Williams
W2008-02211-SC-R11-CD
Tipton County Chancery
Court
Judge William C. Cole
No. 26938
Farmer, J.,
Affirmed
Madison County Circuit
Court
Judge Roger Page
No. C-09-264
McLin, J.,
Affirmed
Shelby County Criminal
Court
Judge David G. Hayes
No. 07-04461
Thomas, J.,
Affirmed
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Joyce Via
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Lawrence Earl
Wade
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
Rule 11
Denied - Application of Charles Williams
(Order filed 4-12-2011)
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JAMES EDWARD FARRAR, JR.
Circuit Court for Bedford County
No. 16183
No. M2009-01285-SC-R11-CD - Filed April 14, 2011
ORDER
Upon consideration of the Tenn. R. App. P. 11 application for permission to appeal filed on behalf of
the State, and the entire record in this case, the Court is of the opinion that the application should be, and is
hereby, granted for the purpose of remanding the case to the Court of Criminal Appeals for reconsideration
in light of State v. Teddy Ray Mitchell, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2011 WL 1161732 (Tenn. Mar. 31, 2011).
PER CURIAM
Page 17 of 21
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
RAY BELL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. v. STATE OF TENNESSEE,
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Tennessee Claims Commission
No. T20071215-1
No. E2009-01803-SC-R11-CV - Filed April 13, 2011
ORDER
Upon consideration of the application for permission to appeal of the State of Tennessee Department
of Transportation and the record before us, the application is granted.
The Clerk is directed to place this matter on the docket for oral argument upon the completion of
briefing.
PER CURIAM
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
STEVEN RAY KENNEDY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Criminal Court for Shelby County
No. 06-05747
No. W2010-00278-SC-R11-PC - Filed April 18, 2011
ORDER
Upon consideration of the Tenn. R. App. P. 11 application for permission to appeal filed pro se
by Steven Ray Kennedy, the State’s response to Mr. Kennedy’s application, and the entire record in this
case, this Court is of the opinion that the Court of Criminal Appeals erred by affirming the trial court’s
judgment summarily dismissing the pro se post-conviction petition for failure to state a colorable claim.
Whether a trial court erred by summarily dismissing a petition for post-conviction relief is a
question of law that this Court reviews de novo. Arnold v. State, 143 S.W.3d 784, 786 (Tenn. 2004);
Burnett v. State, 92 S.W.3d 403, 406 (Tenn. 2002). A colorable claim is one “‘that, if taken as true, in
the light most favorable to the petitioner, would entitle the petitioner to relief under the Post-Conviction
Procedure Act.’” Arnold, 143 S.W.3d at 786 (quoting Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 28, § 2(H)). In determining
whether a colorable claim has been presented, “pro se petitions are to be ‘held to less stringent standards
than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers.’” Gable v. State, 836 S.W.2d 558, 559-60 (Tenn. 1992)
(quoting Swanson v. State, 749 S.W.2d 731, 734 (Tenn. 1988)). Furthermore, Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 28, §
6 (B)(4)(b) provides: “No pro se petition shall be dismissed for failure to follow the prescribed form until
the court has given petitioner a reasonable opportunity to amend the petition with the assistance of
counsel.”
Applying the foregoing principles, granting the pro se petitioner due leeway, accepting the
allegations as true, and viewing them in a light most favorable to the pro se petitioner, this Court
concludes that Mr. Kennedy’s pro se petition states a colorable claim for post-conviction relief.
Furthermore, in light of the one-petition rule applicable in Tennessee,1 trial courts should rarely, if ever,
summarily dismiss the first pro se petition for post-conviction relief until the petitioner either is afforded
an opportunity to amend the petition or is appointed counsel to assist in amending the petition. See
Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 28, § 6 (B)(4)(b).
1
See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-102(c) (2006) (“This part contemplates the filing of only
one (1) petition for post-conviction relief. In no event may more than one (1) petition for postconviction relief be filed attacking a single judgment. If a prior petition has been filed which was
resolved on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction, any second or subsequent petition
shall be summarily dismissed.”)
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For the reasons stated above, Mr. Kennedy’s pro se application for permission to appeal is
granted, the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the summary dismissal of the trial
court is reversed, and this matter is remanded to the trial court for the appointment of counsel, who shall
be afforded an opportunity to amend the pro se petition.
It is so ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Page 20 of 21
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MARK ANTHONY McNACK
Circuit Court for Madison County
No. 03-220
No. W2010-00471-SC-R11-CD - Filed April 13, 2011
ORDER
Upon consideration of the application for permission to appeal of the State of Tennessee, and the
record before us, the application is granted.
The Clerk is directed to place this matter on the docket for oral argument upon the completion
of briefing.
PER CURIAM
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