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Front Page - Friday, August 31, 2012

Tennessee Appellate Court Opinions




State of Tennessee v. Krystal Bowman.

Appeal from the Criminal Court for Hamilton County

Case Number: E2011-01906-CCA-R3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge James Curwood Witt, Jr.

Originating Judge: Judge Don W. Poole

Date Filed: Monday, August 13, 2012

The defendant, Krystal Bowman, appeals the Hamilton County Criminal Court’s denial of judicial diversion for her conviction of theft of property valued at $10,000 or more but less than $60,000. Discerning no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In Re: Layla C.S.

Appeal from the Chancery Court for Hamilton County

Case Number: E2012-00392-COA-R3-PT

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Herschel Pickens Franks

Originating Judge: Chancellor W. Frank Brown, III

Date Filed: Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Petitioner filed a Rule 60.02 motion to set aside a parental termination and adoption decree. The motion asked relief from the Judgment on the ground set forth in Tenn. R. Civ. P. 62.02(1) and (2). The Trial Court held that petitioner did not establish a basis to set aside the Judgment on the grounds relied upon in the Rule 60.02 motion. On appeal we affirm the Judgment of the Trial Court.

State of Tennessee v. Jonathan Radford.

Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Hamilton County

Case Number: E2012-00323-CCA-R3-CD

Authoring Judge: Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer

Originating Judge: Judge Don W. Poole

Date Filed: Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Defendant, Jonathan Radford, pled guilty to two counts of facilitation of aggravated robbery. Pursuant to the plea agreement, the trial court sentenced the Defendant, as a Range I offender, to two concurrent five-year sentences and ordered him to serve eleven months and twenty-nine days in confinement, with the remainder to be served on supervised probation. The Defendant’s probation officer filed a probation violation report, the second such report filed against the Defendant.

After a hearing, the trial court revoked the Defendant’s probation for a second time and ordered that he serve the balance of his sentences in confinement. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court erred when it revoked his probation. After reviewing the record, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.