State of Tennessee v. Urshawn Eric Miller, No. W2019-00197-SC-DDT-DD (June 3, 2021). Attorney Contributor: Anna Swift Journal Member: Elizabeth Ciabattone Majority For only its 47th time since the 1980s, Tennessee has upheld the death penalty for one of its prisoners.[1] The defendant? Urshawn Eric Miller, a twenty-six-year-old African-American male diagnosed with various mental disorders and …
State of Tennessee v. Tyshon Booker
State of Tennessee v. Tyshon Booker, No. E2018-01439-SC-R11-CD (February 24, 2022). Written By: Alejandra Nawrocki, Senior Editor; Riley Jones, Associate Editor; and Elizabeth Wheeler, Associate Editor. Majority Tyshon Booker was 16 years old when he was arrested in the shooting death of G’Metrik Caldwell. When Booker was tried, he was tried as an adult. The …
State of Tennessee v. Quinton Devon Perry
State of Tennessee v. Quinton Devon Perry, No. W2019-01553-SC-R11-CD (April 5, 2022). Written By: Alex Redmond, Associate Editor In June 2019, Quinton Devon Perry (“Defendant”) pleaded guilty to twenty-four counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. The Defendant was found to have uploaded 174 images and videos, containing child pornography, to his personal Dropbox …
State of Tennessee v. Marvin Maurice Deberry
State of Tennessee v. Marvin Maurice Deberry, No. W2019-01666-SC-R11-CD (April 5, 2022). Written By: Jonathan Garner, Senior Editor In 2018 the defendant, Marvin Maurice Deberry, was stopped by law enforcement officers for driving with a defective brake light. Defendant was indicted for multiple traffic- related offenses, one which included driving after being a motor vehicle …
Tommie Phillips v. State of Tennessee
Tommie Phillips v. State of Tennessee, No. W2019-01927-SC-R11-PC (November 3, 2022). Written By: Alex Redmond, Associate Editor The Petitioner was found guilty of several charges, including felony murder, attempted first-degree murder, and especially aggravated burglary. Prior to his arrest the Petitioner admitted to police that he had stabbed two people during a fight that broke …
State of Tennessee v. Tyler Ward Enix
State of Tennessee v. Tyler Ward Enix, No. E2020-00231-SC-R11-CD (January 26, 2022). Written By: Riley Jones, Associate Editor In 2015, Mr. Enix was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery. He was charged and convicted of stabbing his ex-wife to death in her apartment. At trial, the prosecution argued that Enix was violent …
State of Tennessee v. Terrell Lamont Reid
State of Tennessee v. Terrell Lamont Reid, No. W2019-00636-SC-R11-CD (November 5, 2020). Written By: Emily Seaborn, Associate Editor This case concerns claims of relief under Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.1, and whether claims are void, or voidable when a person is sentenced under a statute that is presumptively constitutional at the time but is …
State of Tennessee v. William Eugene Moon
State of Tennessee v. William Eugene Moon, No. M2019-01865-SC-R11-CD (October 6, 2021). Written By: Emily Wheeler, Associate Editor William Eugene Moon was convicted of both the unlawful employment of a firearm while attempting to commit or during the commission of a dangerous felony and attempted murder. Upon appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals held the …
State of Tennessee v. Michael Rimmer
State of Tennessee v. Michael Rimmer, No. W2017-00504-SC-DDT-DD (April 16, 2021). Written By: Andrew Daffron, Associate Editor This case involves the disappearance and assumed death of Ricci Lynn Ellsworth. The procedural history of this case takes place over twenty years and involved two trials and three sentencing hearings. On February 8, 1997, the victim, Ricci …
State of Tennessee v. Craig Dagnan
State of Tennessee v. Craig Dagnan, No. M2020-00152-SC-R11-CD (March 4, 2022). Written By: Claudia Coco, Senior Editor The Supreme Court of Tennessee considered the case of State of Tennessee v. Craig Dagnan on December 1, 2021. Dagnan appealed his revocation of probation, and while he conceded that the revocation of probation was proper, he claimed …