Tennessee Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Tennessee or Court of Appeals of Tennessee where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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State v. Prude - 12/28/1999
SHELBY COUNTY HON. CHRIS CRAFT, JUDGE
(DUI-4th Offense, Reckless Driving)
OPINION ON REMAND FROM THE TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT
AFFIRMED
OPINION ON REMAND
The Tennessee Supreme Court has remanded this case to...
State v. Cooke - 12/28/1999
The Defendant, John D. Cooke, III, was convicted by a Madison County jury of aggravated sexual battery, assault, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and unlawful possession of a firearm. He was sentenced to nine years for...
State v. Daniels - 12/20/1999
CHEATHAM COUNTY HON. ROBERT BURCH, JUDGE (DUI-2nd Offense; Driving on Revoked License)
AFFIRMED - RULE 20 ORDER
ORDER
Defendant was convicted by a Cheatham County jury of driving under the influence, second offense,...
State v. Mitchell - 12/20/1999
On May 7, 1998, the appellant, Thomas Mitchell, was convicted by a jury in the Shelby County Criminal Court of burglary of a building, a class D felony. On July 6, 1998, the trial court sentenced the appellant as a Range II multiple...
State v. Wagner - 12/20/1999
On February 26, 1996, the Madison County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant, William Curtis Wagner, on eight counts of aggravated assault, three counts of vandalism, three counts of leaving the scene of an accident, and one count each...
State v. Hickman - 12/20/1999
The defendant, Howard D, Hickman, after pleading guilty, appeals from the sentences he received from the Hickman County Circuit Court. He was sentenced, as a Range I standard offender, to three consecutive four year sentences for...
State v. Young - 12/20/1999
On January 7, 1997, the Dickson County Grand Jury indicted Appellant Bobby J. Young for driving under the influence of an intoxicant ("DUI"), fourth offense; driving on a revoked license ("DORL"), second offense; and violating the...
State v. Cook - 12/20/1999
AFFIRMED
We granted this appeal to determine whether dentures constitute "foreign matter" requiring invalidation of a breath-alcohol test result and to consider whether the admission of a breath-alcohol test result must be...
State v. Legg - 12/20/1999
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
REVERSED AND REMANDED
We granted the appeal in this case to address whether the State of Tennessee has territorial jurisdiction pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 39-11-103(b)(1) to...
State v. Dean - 12/17/1999
The defendant, Clay F. Dean, was indicted by the Shelby County Grand Jury for the offenses of driving under the influence of an intoxicant and reckless driving. He entered a guilty plea in the Shelby County Criminal Court to reckless...
State v. White - 12/16/1999
Appellant appeals as of right from the jury verdict finding him guilty of driving under the influence, third offense, and leaving the scene of an accident.
Appellant cites as issues:
1. Whether the evidence was sufficient...
State v. Dillard - 12/16/1999
The appellant, Stephen Craig Dillard, appeals the sentencing decision of the Sullivan County Criminal Court. In November 1998, the appellant entered nolo contendere pleas to vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, and driving on a...
State v. Vanlier - 12/10/1999
The defendant, Tyrone W. Vanlier, Sr., was convicted by a jury of two counts of rape of a child. He was sentenced to twenty-one years on each count, with the sentences to be served consecutively. On appeal, the defendant claims the...
State v. Kearney - 12/7/1999
On July 20, 1998, the Bedford County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant, David Keith Kearney, for public intoxication. In August 1998, he was tried by jury and found guilty of public intoxication. In addition to fining the Defendant...
State v. Cross - 12/6/1999
On July 21, 1998, Ronald Reece Cross (the "defendant") pled guilty to the following charges arising out of a single incident: violating an habitual traffic offender order, evading arrest, driving under the influence of alcohol...
State v. Meeks - 12/3/1999
The defendant, Johnny Wade Meeks, appeals from his conviction of driving under the influence. Meeks received his conviction in the Hamilton County Criminal Court at the Conclusion of a jury trial. The trial court sentenced him to...
State v. Cobb - 12/2/1999
The appellant, Cecil U. Cobb, Jr., was convicted by a Sullivan County jury of the misdemeanor offenses of possession of Dihydrocodeinone, a Schedule III controlled substance; simple possession of marijuana; failure to obey a traffic...
State v. Lay - 11/29/1999
On June 9, 1997, the Williamson County Grand Jury indicted Appellant Andrew Lay for driving under the influence of an intoxicant ("DUI"), third offense. After a jury trial on September 15, 1998, Appellant was convicted of DUI, third...
State v. Price - 11/24/1999
On November 3, 1997, the Davidson County Grand Jury indicted the Appellant Joseph Oscar Price, III for especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and theft over $1,000.00. Following a jury trial on...
State v. Cutshaw - 11/23/1999
The defendant, Allen Dale Cutshaw, was indicted by the Greene County grand jury for first degree murder in the death of J. R. Metcalf. The defendant admitted to killing the victim, but argued the killing was in self-defense. A jury...
State v. Babb - 11/18/1999
The defendant, Ira J. Babb, Jr., pled guilty to driving on a revoked license and leaving the scene of an accident with injury. Also charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment, he was found guilty of two counts of...
State v. Frazier - 11/18/1999
The State appeals the ruling of the Cocke County Circuit Court finding subsection (n) of the DUI statute, Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-403(n) (1998), unconstitutional. After review, we conclude that no case or controversy exists...
State v. Ralph - 11/15/1999
JUDGMENT OF COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS REVERSED; JUDGMENT OF TRIAL COURT REINSTATED.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the due process analysis delineated in State v. Anthony, 817 S.W.2d 299 (Tenn. 1991) bars the...
State v.Ealey - 11/15/1999
A Greene County jury acquitted the defendant, J. D. Edward Ealey, of aggravated burglary but convicted him of theft of property less than $500 in value, a Class A misdemeanor, and recommended a $500 fine. The trial Judge imposed the...
State v. Ealey - 11/15/1999
A Greene County jury acquitted the defendant, J. D. Edward Ealey, of aggravated burglary but convicted him of theft of property less than $500 in value, a Class A misdemeanor, and recommended a $500 fine. The trial Judge imposed the...
State v. Hatcher - 11/10/1999
The defendant, Jamie Lee Hatcher, entered a plea of guilt to aggravated assault. The trial court imposed a sentence of six years as an alternative to the Department of Correction. The sentence included three months in a halfway house...
State v. Atkins - 11/10/1999
The defendant, Ricky Atkins, entered guilty pleas to two counts of theft of property less than $500.00. In a trial by jury, he was convicted of aggravated assault. The trial court imposed a Range II sentence of ten years for...
State v. Burns - 11/8/1999
Defendant/appellee Brenda Burns was tried and convicted of criminal responsibility for the commission of first-degree murder in the death of her ex-husband, Paul Burns. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction on the...
State v. Agnew - 10/31/1999
SHELBY COUNTY
HON. JAMES C. BEASLEY, JR., JUDGE
(Habitual Motor Vehicle Offender)
ON APPEAL FROM THE JUDGMENT OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF SHELBY COUNTY
ORDER FILED ________________________
AFFIRMED PURSUANT...
State v. Wright - 10/29/1999
The Defendant, James Clifford Wright, pled guilty to second offense DUI relating to an incident which occurred in February, 1997. Two months later, he was convicted of second offense DUI following a jury trial for an offense which...
State v. Davis - 10/28/1999
The appellant, Wanda E. Davis, was convicted by a Wilson County jury of one (1) count of driving under the influence, second offense. She was fined $600, and the trial court sentenced her to eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29)...
State v. Melson - 10/25/1999
The defendant, John Melson, was convicted by a Blount County jury of violation of the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender's Act, a Class E felony, criminal impersonation, a Class B misdemeanor, and driving under the influence of an...
State v. Eaton - 10/25/1999
The defendant, David B. Eaton, was indicted for driving under the influence, reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident. He was convicted only for leaving the scene of an accident. Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-101. The trial...
State v. Walker - 10/25/1999
The appellant, Richard Walker, appeals the sentence imposed by the Shelby County Criminal Court following the entry of guilty pleas to two counts of vehicular assault. Pursuant to the negotiated plea, the appellant received...
State v. Frazee - 10/25/1999
The defendant, David W. Frazee, appeals his Benton County Circuit Court conviction for possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-418(a) (1997). The trial court imposed a $250...
State v. Moore - 10/22/1999
The defendant, Gary Thomas Moore, appeals from his Warren County conviction and from the resulting sentence by the trial court. A jury convicted the defendant of aggravated assault with a weapon, a Class C felony, and two counts of...
State v. Sharpton - 10/22/1999
The defendant, Shelia Sharpton , pursuant to a plea agreement, pled nolo contendere to two counts of vehicular homicide, a Class C felony. The defendant was sentenced to a term of four years on each count to run consecutively. The...
State v. Zachary - 10/19/1999
The appellant, Blainy D. Zachary, was indicted by a Davidson County Grand Jury for the offenses of driving under the influence, third offense, and driving on a revoked license. The appellant proceeded to trial, and, after the jury...
State v. Wilcox - 10/19/1999
The defendant, John Wilcox, appeals as of right from his conviction by a jury in the McMinn County Criminal Court for second degree murder, a Class A felony. The defendant was sentenced to fifteen years confinement in the custody of...
Watters v. Watters - 10/19/1999
FROM THE SHELBY COUNTY CHANCERY COURT THE HONORABLE FLOYD PEETE, JR., CHANCELLOR
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
Opinion filed:
CONCURS: DAVID R. FARMER, JUDGE
DISSENTS: (With Separate Opinion) DAVIG G. HAYES, JUDGE ...
State v. Franklin - 10/18/1999
The defendant, Tommy S. Franklin, appeals as of right from his conviction by a jury in the Washington County Criminal Court for driving under the influence (DUI)- aiding and abetting, a Class A misdemeanor. He was sentenced to eleven...
State v. Hancock - 10/12/1999
On March 23, 1998, the appellant, David E. Hancock, was convicted by a jury in the Hamblen County Criminal Court of driving under the influence (DUI), second offense. The trial court imposed a sentence of eleven months and...
State v. Proffitt - 10/11/1999
The defendant, David Howard Proffitt, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on December 3, 1995 in the Cumberland County Criminal Court. He was sentenced to six years to be served in the community corrections program. The defendant...
State v. Turner - 10/11/1999
On March 11, 1998, the appellant, Clayton Eugene Turner, II, was convicted in the Sullivan County Criminal Court of rape of a child, incest, and assault. The trial court imposed a sentence of twenty-five years in the Tennessee...
State v. Goldston - 10/8/1999
The Defendant, Robert Goldston, was indicted by the Bradley County Grand Jury for driving under the influence following his involvement in an automobile accident which occurred on November 9, 1996. Prior to trial, he filed a motion...
State v. Lane - 9/27/1999
AFFIRMED
We granted review in this case in order to resolve two sentencing issues. In the first, the defendant, David Keith Lane, contends that the trial court should have used the criteria set forth in State v. Wilkerson, 905...
State v. Johnson - 9/24/1999
A Bedford County Grand Jury indicted defendant, Troy Randall Johnson, for theft of property over $1000, driving under the influence (DUI) third offense, and driving on a revoked driver's license (DORL) third offense. After a jury...
State v. Neblett - 9/24/1999
Defendant, John D. Neblett, pled guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, a Class A felony; vehicular assault, a Class D felony; and second-offense driving on a revoked driver's license (DORL), a Class A misdemeanor. The trial court...
State v. Fitzgerald - 9/20/1999
The defendant, Matthew S. Fitzgerald, was convicted of two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors. Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-414(1). The trial court merged the judgment on Count Two into Count One and imposed an...
State v. Reed - 9/20/1999
The defendant, Charles Michael Reed, was indicted for burglary and felony theft. A Bedford County jury found him guilty of the lesser included offenses of criminal trespass and theft of property under $500. The trial court sentenced...
Patterson v. State - 9/10/1999
On February 23, 1988, Petitioner Brett Allen Patterson was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, one count of first degree burglary, and one count of aggravated rape. On March 18, 1988, Petitioner received consecutive...
State v. Ferguson - 9/10/1999
On July 6, 1994, the defendant, Jimmy Ferguson, was involved in a one-car accident. Warrants were issued that day, charging the defendant with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked license. He was indicted for these...
Hunter v. State - 9/9/1999
The petitioner, James Phillip Hunter, appeals the order of the Davidson County Criminal Court denying his petition for post-conviction relief. The petitioner is presently serving a life sentence as a result of his conviction for...
Drinnon v. State - 9/9/1999
The petitioner, Michael Todd Drinnon, appeals the trial court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. In this appeal of right, the single issue presented for our review is whether the petitioner was denied the effective...
State v. Hunter - 9/7/1999
AFFIRMED
We granted this appeal by Jeffrey D. Hunter, the appellant, in order to address issues pertinent to a trial court's authority during probation revocation proceedings. For the reasons provided herein, we hold that when...
State v. Utley - 9/3/1999
The defendant, Jeffery Russell Utley, appeals from his sentences imposed for arson and theft in the Hardin County Circuit Court. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-14-301(a), -14-103 (1997). The trial court imposed concurrent three-year...
State v. Green - 9/1/1999
The defendant, O. B. Freeman Green, Jr., appeals his Carroll County Circuit Court conviction of aggravated assault. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-102(a)(1)(A) (1997). After a trial in which a jury returned a guilty verdict, the trial...
State v. Duncan - 8/31/1999
The defendant pled guilty to three counts of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver. The defendant's subsequent motion to withdraw his guilty plea was denied by the trial court. The defendant received an...
State v. Sanders - 8/24/1999
The Defendant, Anthony D. Sanders, appeals as of right pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. He was convicted, upon his plea of guilty, of vehicular homicide by intoxication, a Class C felony at the time...
State v. Davis - 8/17/1999
A jury convicted the defendant of driving under the influence (DUI), third offense, and the defendant received an eleven month, twenty-nine day workhouse sentence. He now appeals, arguing that the jury's verdict is contrary to the...
State v. Potter - 8/12/1999
BLOUNT COUNTY
HON. D. KELLY THOMAS, JR., JUDGE
(Assault: Sentencing)
AFFIRMED - RULE 20 ORDER
ORDER
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in sentencing the defendant for simple...
State v. Green - 8/9/1999
The appellant, Richard A. Green, was convicted by a jury of vehicular homicide by intoxication, a class B felony. Following a sentencing hearing, the Jefferson County Criminal Court imposed a ten year sentence of confinement. The...
State v. McKnight - 8/5/1999
In this appeal we determine whether the Defendant's sentences for two DUI convictions expired during the time the sheriff could not incarcerate the Defendant due to an overcrowded jail. The trial court ruled that the Defendant's...
State v. Kroll - 7/27/1999
The defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence convicting him of driving under the influence (DUI), second offense, and the admission of lay witness opinion testimony. We affirm pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court...
State v. Fulgenzi - 7/27/1999
The defendant, Fred Fulgenzi, was indicted for vehicular assault and driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI) in separate indictments based on a single instance of alleged criminal behavior. The defendant pleaded guilty to...
State v. Durham - 7/26/1999
The appellant, Verlin Ralph Durham, appeals as of right his conviction by a jury in the Criminal Court for Washington County of premeditated first degree murder. The trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment in the...
State v. Reagan - 7/26/1999
The defendant, Richard D. Reagan, appeals the revocation of his probation, arguing that he was physically unable to comply with the terms thereof. We AFFIRM the judgment of the trial court.
On April 22, 1998, the defendant...
State v. McKinney - 7/23/1999
On January 18, 1998, the Davidson County Grand Jury indicted Appellee Donald McKinney for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, sixth offense. On July 7, 1998, Appellee filed a motion to dismiss the indictment. The trial...
State v. Smith - 7/22/1999
A jury found the defendant guilty of driving under the influence (DUI). The defendant filed a motion for new trial, which was denied. She now appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress because the...
State v. Norton - 7/20/1999
The defendant, Albert L. Norton, appeals his Blount County Circuit Court jury conviction of second-offense DUI, a class A misdemeanor. He does not challenge his jail sentence of eleven months, 29 days at 90 percent, to be probated...
State v. Willis - 7/12/1999
A Madison County jury convicted defendant of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. In this appeal as of right, defendant raises two issues for review:
(1) whether there was sufficient evidence to convict him of driving...
State v. Fontenot - 7/8/1999
The Williamson County Grand Jury indicted the defendant, Ronald R. Fontenot, for three counts of driving under the influence. The trial court found that the initial traffic stop was invalid and thus granted Fontenot's motion to...
State v. Jansen - 7/8/1999
On June 5, 1995, the Madison County grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendants, James M. Jansen and Scott R. Luckman, with storage of liquor for sale, a Class A misdemeanor. The indictment charged a third defendant...
State v. Reed - 7/7/1999
On September 25, 1990, a Cocke County jury convicted Appellant Jamie Dwayne Reed of voluntary manslaughter. That same day, the trial court sentenced Appellant as a Range I standard offender to a term of five years in the Tennessee...
State v. Lemacks - 7/6/1999
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS REVERSED; TRIAL COURT JUDGMENT AFFIRMED
OPINION
We granted this appeal by the State of Tennessee to address the issue of jury unanimity in cases where the State relies on alternative theories of...
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