Jackson, TN
Criminal defense Lawyer at Jackson, TN
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, DUI & DWI
OUTCOME: Conviction reversed and remanded for new trial
Trial Court refused Necessity Defense jury instruction when the issue was raised during the proof at trial. Reversed and granted new trial by Tennessee Supreme Court. A leading case on Necessity Defens ... e issue.
OUTCOME: The Tennessee Supreme Court reversed the conviction and held the issue had properly been raised and granted a new trial.
The trial court refused to give a Necessity defense jury instruction regarding why the client, a convicted felon, picked up a handgun even though a witness raised the proof that he did so during a fig ... ht to keep it from the person who dropped it and was fighting with him.
OUTCOME: Conviction reversed
In a federal drug case, two officers were allowed over objection to testify about what two confidential informant's told them about the Defendant's alleged drug activity. The Appellate Court reversed ... the conviction and remanded for a new trial because it violated the Defendant's "Crawford" Confrontation rights.