In Stricker v. Township of Cambridge the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling concerning police and their ability to enter a private residence. The case began when members of the Stricker family placed an emergency call to 911 to ask for help for their son who appeared to be ...
Read MoreOn Friday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by a woman convicted under a federal law that was meant to curb the existence of chemical ...
View MoreBy Stevie Phillips On January 23, Justice Lee authored a unanimous Tennessee Supreme Court opinion in Stanton v. State of Tennessee . In sum, Stanton, ...
View MoreThis appeal, Reid v. State , raises the question of whether a prisoner facing the death penalty has the mental capacity to abandon the pursuit of ...
View MoreA federal appeals court ruled today that an Indiana law that bans registered sex offenders from accessing Facebook and other social networking sites ...
View MoreBy Jay Perry Recently the Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal of Salinas v. Texas , a case involving the murder of two men in 1992. The question ...
View MoreU.S. District Judge Tom Varlan yesterday accepted the gavel as chief judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee in a ceremony packed with fellow ...
View MoreWhat may have seemed like a small typo on a warrant amounted to enough reason for a judge to prevent prosecutors from using evidence collected as a ...
View MoreThe Times Free Press reports today that 31 DUI arrests occurred over New Years as part of the "No Refusal" enhanced enforcement. The Tennessee Highway ...
View MoreThe Administrative Office of the Courts has received 24 applications for the seat on Judicial Nominating Commission created by the retirement of ...
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