Can a 16-Year-Old Be Sentenced to Life in Tennessee? What the New 2025 Law Means When a minor commits a serious crime, the consequences can be life-altering—not just for the victim, but for the...
Understanding Tennessee’s Legal Definition of Self-Defense When a confrontation escalates to violence, your actions can be the difference between freedom and a felony conviction. In Tennessee,...
Daniel Decker, appeals the Hamilton County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. Decker was convicted by a jury of one count of first-degree premeditated murder and is...
A recent Sixth Circuit opinion concerned a Tennessee man, Ronald Michael Cauthern v. Roland Colson, who was convicted of murder and rape and sentenced to death for his crimes. Cauthern sought a writ...
Twanna Blair, right, talks to her attorney, Lee Davis, in this photo from her 2009 trial in Bradley County. Photo by Angela Lewis Foster /Chattanooga Times Free Press. The three victims were bound...
The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals today issued a decision validating our trial victory on behalf of Twanna Blair. "Our client is innocent of anything to do with the tragic Valentines Day...
Jasubhai K Desai v. Raymond Booker This case begins with a doctor, Jasubhai Desai, and a nurse, Anna Marie Turetzky, agreeing to open a medical clinic together back in the 1970s. Their business did...