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. Gayles - 7/6/1999
On July 7, 1993, Appellant James E. Gayles was charged with one count of first degree murder. After a jury trial on February 6-7, 1995, Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant...
State v. Hart - 6/25/1999
The defendant, Willard Hart, appeals as of right from his conviction by a jury in the Henderson County Circuit Court of criminally negligent homicide, a Class E felony. He was originally indicted for vehicular homicide, reckless...
State v. White - 6/25/1999
The Defendant, Lawrence Eugene White, appeals as of right from his sentencing in the Hardin County Circuit Court. Defendant pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement with the State to one (1) count of violation of the habitual motor...
Lampkin v. State - 6/24/1999
In this appeal, James E. Lampkin challenges the order of the Criminal Court of Knox County, entered on March 24, 1998. The order was entered in response to the appellant's motion to ascertain the status of his previously filed...
Butler v. Butler - 6/22/1999
This is a divorce case. The trial court awarded custody of the minor children to the wife, divided the marital estate, overruled the wife's motion for sanctions and motion for contempt, and declined to award attorney's fees to either...
State v. Maupin - 6/18/1999
The defendant, Mildred Michelle Maupin, entered a plea of guilt to aggravated criminal trespass. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-14-406. The trial court imposed a sentence of eleven months and twenty-nine days and suspended all but one hundred...
State v. Tarnosky - 6/17/1999
RUTHERFORD COUNTY HON. JAMES K. CLAYTON JUDGE (Direct Appeal - D.U.I.)
AFFIRMED PURSUANT TO RULE 20
ORDER
The appellant, Robert Douglas Tarnosky, was convicted after a bench trial in the Rutherford County Circuit...
State v. Turner - 6/16/1999
In 1996, the defendant was convicted by a jury of driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI), second offense. The trial court sentenced him to eleven months, twenty-nine days incarceration, all but fifty-five days suspended, ...
Matthews v. Pickett County - 6/14/1999
This case comes to us on a certified question of law. The petitioner, Mary Matthews, filed this action in the United States District Court against the respondents, Pickett County, Tennessee, Larry Peek, and Dana Dowdy. The district...
State v. Jenkins - 6/8/1999
On September 17, 1997, Appellant Julia Jenkins pled guilty to one count of aggravated assault. After a sentencing hearing on November 14, 1997, the trial court sentenced Appellant as a Range I standard offender to three years of...
State v. Hosford - 6/4/1999
The State of Tennessee appeals as of right from the trial court's remand to the general sessions court of a one-count indictment charging the appellee, Anne K. Hosford, with the misdemeanor offense of driving under the influence of...
State v. Guilds - 5/27/1999
On April 14, 1997, the Williamson County Grand Jury indicted Appellant Joel P. Guilds for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, second offense, and for driving on a revoked license. On October 15, 1997, Appellant filed a...
State v. Garner - 5/26/1999
FRANKLIN COUNTY HON. J. CURTIS SMITH, JUDGE
(DUI)
ON APPEAL FROM THE JUDGMENT OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
AFFIRMED
The Defendant, Ronnie R. Garner, appeals from his conviction for second-offense DUI...
In re M.C.G. - 5/26/1999
From the Juvenile Court of Davidson County at Nashville. Honorable Andrew J. Shookhoff, Judge
AFFIRMED AND REMANDED
CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S.: (Concurs) HIGHERS, J.: (Concurs)
Christy Gower (Mother) appeals the trial...
State v. Swygert - 5/25/1999
Appellant Robert Patrick Swygert appeals as of right from the order of the Criminal Court of Hamilton County requiring him to pay restitution in the amount of $500.00 a month for twenty months. For the reasons set forth below, we...
State v. Dillard - 5/18/1999
After being convicted for driving under the influence, second offense, the defendant was sentenced to eleven months, twenty-nine days, with forty-five days to be served in jail and the balance on probation. The defendant was also...
State v. Sutton - 5/14/1999
The Defendant, Norman Sutton, appeals as of right following his sentencing hearing in the Cocke County Circuit Court. In a two-count indictment, Defendant was charged with two (2) counts of first degree murder for the deaths of...
State v. Hancock - 5/12/1999
The Defendant, Kelly A. Hancock, appeals as of right from her conviction in the Williamson County Circuit Court. Defendant was indicted for the Class A misdemeanor offense of DUI, first offense, committed on February 20, 1997....
State v. Booker - 5/6/1999
The appellant, Thomas Brandon Booker, was convicted by a jury in the Hardin County Circuit Court of second degree murder. The trial court imposed a twenty-two year sentence. On appeal, the appellant raises three issues for our...
State v. Fields - 5/6/1999
The Defendant, George Dennis Fields, appeals as of right following his sentencing in the Davidson County Criminal Court. Defendant pled guilty to solicitation to commit first degree murder. No agreement was determined as to the...
State v. Davis - 5/5/1999
The defendant, Jimmy Davis, appeals as of right following his convictions by a jury in the Blount County Circuit Court for two counts of delivering more than one-half gram of cocaine, a Class B felony. He was sentenced for each...
State v. Snodgrass - 5/5/1999
The appellant, Christopher Wayne Snodgrass, pled guilty to violation of the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender's Act, a class E felony. The trial court imposed a sentence of eighteen months confinement in the Department of Correction. ...
State v. Sneed - 5/5/1999
The defendant, Robert M. Sneed, appeals as of right from the judgment of the Sullivan County Criminal Court declaring him to be a habitual motor vehicle offender, thereby barring him from operating a motor vehicle on the highways of...
State v. Baggett - 5/4/1999
The Defendant, Steve A. Baggett, appeals his sentence of ten days incarceration followed by six months probation for reckless driving, a class B misdemeanor. Defendant entered a plea of guilty to one count of reckless driving, with...
State v. King - 4/30/1999
The defendants, Debiasi Sirnard King and Dewayne King, appeal from their convictions of the second degree murder of Fernandos Hawkins. The Kings, who are brothers, were indicted and tried jointly for the crime of first degree murder...
State v. Jordan - 4/30/1999
The Defendant, Roy A. Jordan, was found guilty of vehicular homicide and sentenced to ten years. He now appeals his conviction, pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. The Defendant presents two issues on...
State v. Hoskins - 4/29/1999
The defendant, Johnell Hoskins, pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory rape and was sentenced to two years in the Tennessee Department of Correction for each count, with his sentences to run concurrently. The defendant appeals,...
State v. Forrester - 4/29/1999
In December of 1996, Appellant David J. Forrester was indicted by the Humphreys County Grand Jury for attempted rape of a child and for aggravated sexual battery. On July 25, 1997, Appellant filed a motion to suppress a pretrial...
State v. Saunders - 4/22/1999
The State of Tennessee appeals the trial court's dismissal of an indictment for DUI against Defendant, Drew V. Saunders. Defendant urges this Court to affirm the dismissal, arguing that the State exhibited prosecutorial...
State v. Mingie - 4/21/1999
The appellant, Mitchell Edward Mingie, was convicted by a Hamilton County jury of one (1) count of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, fifth offense. He also pled guilty to one (1) count of driving on a revoked license. The...
State v. Dinwiddie - 4/21/1999
The defendant was charged by indictment with possession with intent to sell marijuana, possession with intent to deliver marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. The State denied the defendant pretrial diversion, a decision...
State v. Powers - 4/19/1999
The defendant, Richard R. Powers, Jr., appeals on two certified questions of law. The Circuit Court of Fayette County, Tennessee, denied the defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence regarding his arrest for driving under the...
State v. Ellis - 4/16/1999
The appellant, Jackie R. Ellis, appeals the sentencing decision of the Marion County Circuit Court following his guilty plea to the offense of voluntary manslaughter. The terms of the plea agreement provided that the appellant would...
State v. Swords - 4/14/1999
The Defendant, Phillip Todd Swords, appeals as of right from his conviction for third offense DUI in the Criminal Court for Hamilton County. In this appeal, he asserts two primary claims: (1) that he was denied liberty without due...
State v. Sharon Marie Shell - 4/14/1999
The appellant, Sharon Marie Shell, referred herein as "the defendant," appeals as of right pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. Upon her plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter, the trial court imposed a...
State v. Crutcher - 4/12/1999
AFFIRMED
OPINION
This is an appeal by the State of Tennessee from the judgment of the intermediate appellate court affirming the suppression of evidence in the trial court below. The sole issue is whether the warrantless...
State v. Neal - 4/8/1999
The Wilson County grand jury indicted the defendant on five counts of incest. The defendant pled guilty to one count of incest, and the remaining counts were dismissed. At the subsequent sentencing hearing, the trial Judge denied...
State v. Hill - 4/8/1999
The defendant, Juan Alfonzo Hill, appeals as of right following his conviction by a jury in the Washington County Criminal Court for rape of a child, a Class A felony. The defendant was sentenced to thirty-five years confinement to...
State v. Frazier - 3/31/1999
The State appeals the dismissal of an indictment by the Davidson County Probate Court. The trial court found that the prosecution's delay following indictment violated the appellee's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial. In this...
State v. Clouse - 3/31/1999
On January 28, 1998, the Defendant, Lester A. Clouse, was found guilty of driving under the influence (DUI). He was fined $350.00 plus costs and was sentenced to eight months at 75%. Pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of...
State v. Barnett - 3/31/1999
The Defendant, Billy Gene Barnett, appeals as of right pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure. He was convicted, upon his pleas of guilty, of two counts of reckless aggravated assault, Class D felonies, one...
State v. Hopper - 3/29/1999
The appellant, Timothy Alan Hopper, appeals as of right from his convictions in the Hardin County Circuit Court of burglary and driving under the influence. Following a jury trial, the appellant was sentenced as a Range II multiple...
State v. Ducker - 3/25/1999
The appellant, Jennie Bain Ducker, was indicted in June, 1995, on two counts of first degree murder resulting from the aggravated child abuse of her two children, ages 13 months and 23 months. A Warren County jury, on October 3,...
State v. Leslie - 3/23/1999
The defendants, Lauren E. Leslie and Janie Whitehead, pleaded guilty in Monroe County Criminal Court to assault, a Class A misdemeanor. In addition, Leslie pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment, also a Class A misdemeanor. The...
State v. Barnes - 3/22/1999
Russell Barnes appeals the denial of his request for alternative sentencing. The appellant pleaded guilty on March 30, 1998 to aggravated burglary committed on or about May 20, 1997 and was sentenced in accordance with his plea...
State v. Davis - 3/22/1999
The defendant, Edward L. Davis, was convicted of sexual battery, a class E felony. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-505. The trial court imposed a Range I sentence of one year and required the defendant to serve eighteen days in the county...
State v. Wallen - 3/17/1999
The defendant, Clifton D. Wallen, who was convicted of violating an order declaring him a motor vehicle habitual offender, was also convicted of evading arrest while operating a motor vehicle. Both offenses are Class E felonies....
State v. Hargrove - 3/15/1999
DAVIDSON COUNTY HON. CHERYL BLACKBURN, JUDGE
(Disorderly Conduct, Resisting Arrest, Assault)
ON APPEAL FROM THE JUDGMENT OF THE CRIMINAL COURT OF DAVIDSON COUNTY
AFFIRMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 20
ORDER ...
State v. Allen - 3/15/1999
The appellants, Walter Lee "Steve" Allen and Gary L. Haney, appeal the verdict of a Hamblen County jury finding them guilty of robbery, a Class C felony. At the sentencing hearing, the trial court sentenced each appellant as range II...
State v. White - 3/12/1999
The State appeals the sentencing decision of the Circuit Court of Chester County following the appellee's guilty pleas to two violations of the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offenders Act and one count of misdemeanor possession of...
State v. Curry - 3/8/1999
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS REVERSED; JUDGMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT REINSTATED.
We granted this appeal to determine whether the trial court properly ruled that the prosecution abused its discretion by failing to consider all of the...
State v. Neely - 3/2/1999
The defendant, William M. Neely, was convicted of DUI, fourth offense. The trial court imposed an eleven month, twenty-nine day sentence to be served at one hundred percent. He presents two general issues for our review:
(I)...
State v. Allen - 2/24/1999
On January 26, 1998, a Moore County jury convicted Appellant Nathaniel Allen of possession of a controlled substance and driving on a revoked license. After a sentencing hearing on February 25, 1998, Appellant received concurrent...
State v. Slate - 2/19/1999
The defendant, John Wayne Slate, was convicted of second degree murder. The trial court imposed a sentence of twenty-five years. In this appeal of right, the defendant presents the following issues for review:
(1) whether the...
State v. Wolford - 2/18/1999
The appellant, James C. Wolford, appeals the revocation of his sentence of periodic confinement by the Hamilton County Criminal Court resulting in the reinstatement of his original sentence of four years in the Department of...
State v. Reece - 2/17/1999
The appellant, Timothy Wayne Reece, pled guilty in the Carter County Criminal Court to first offense driving under the influence on October 8, 1997. The trial court imposed a sentence of eleven months and twenty-nine days, suspended...
State v. Prater - 2/16/1999
The Defendant, Leonard Huston Prater, appeals as of right his conviction of third offense DUI following a jury trial in the Coffee County Circuit Court. The trial court sentenced him to eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days,...
State v. Wright - 2/11/1999
The Juvenile Court of White County terminated a mother's parental rights to two small children. The only question in this appeal is whether the State proved by clear and convincing evidence the statutory grounds for termination. We...
State v. Crites - 2/9/1999
Mark Crites appeals from the revocation of his community corrections sentence. He challenges both the propriety of that revocation and his resentencing, arguing that: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in revoking his...
Taylor v. State - 2/9/1999
The only question presented in this complaint is whether a law making all felonies infamous crimes can, upon conviction, be applied to crimes committed before the date of the act. The Chancery Court of Davidson County dismissed the...
State v. Guye - 2/8/1999
The defendant was found guilty in a bench trial of driving under the influence (second offense) and driving on a revoked license. The trial court sentenced the defendant to serve sixty days of an eleven month, twenty-nine day...
State v. Morris - 2/5/1999
The appellant, in this capital case, Farris Genner Morris, Jr., was convicted by a Madison County jury of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of Erica Hurd and Charles Ragland and the aggravated rape of Angela Ragland. At...
State v. Bankston - 2/4/1999
The defendant, Charles Frank Bankston, appeals as of right following his convictions by a jury in the Criminal Court of Hamilton County of second degree murder, a Class A felony, and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, a...
State v. Crawford - 2/4/1999
The defendant, James H. Crawford, appeals pursuant to Rule 3 of the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure from two convictions for reckless aggravated assault as entered in the Criminal Court of Sullivan County. Reckless aggravated...
State v. Ross - 2/3/1999
The appellant, Phenix H. Ross, was found guilty by a Chester County jury of possession of marijuana, a class A misdemeanor. At a subsequent sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed a sentence of eleven months and twenty nine...
State v. Howard - 2/3/1999
HARDEMAN COUNTY
No. 6086
ORDER
This matter is before the Court upon the state's motion to affirm the trial court judgment by order pursuant to Rule 20, Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. The appellant is...
State v. Stephens - 1/29/1999
The appellant, Donald W. Stephens, appeals his conviction for driving under the influence. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-401. The sole issue for our review is whether the evidence at trial was sufficient for the jury to find guilt...
State v. Clark - 1/29/1999
The defendant was charged by indictment with driving while under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, refusing to submit to a blood alcohol test, and driving on a revoked license. He moved to dismiss the charges on the basis that...
State v. Kelly - 1/19/1999
The defendant, Victor S. Kelly, Jr., stands convicted of driving under the influence following a jury trial in the Williamson County Circuit Court. Kelly was sentenced to eleven months and 29 days supervised probation, with six...
State v. Robinson - 1/19/1999
The appellant, Michael Elmore Robinson, appeals as of right the conviction he received in the Rutherford County Circuit Court. After a jury trial, the appellant was convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of an...
State v. Holloway - 1/15/1999
The appellant, George Rudolf Holloway, referred herein as the defendant, appeals as of right from the judgment of the Anderson County Criminal Court denying probation. The defendant was convicted of two counts of sale of cocaine, a...
State v. Strickland - 1/15/1999
The appellant, Robert B. Strickland, pled guilty to two (2) counts of violating the Habitual Motor Vehicle Offender Act ("HMVO Act"), a Class E felony. The trial court sentenced him as a Range II offender to consecutive sentences of...
State v. Wilson - 1/13/1999
MARCH SESSION, 1998
MADISON COUNTY
HON. JOHN FRANKLIN MURCHISON JUDGE
(Direct Appeal - Sentencing)
AFFIRMED PURSUANT TO RULE 20
ORDER
On December 19, 1996, Appellant, Connie Lee Wilson, pled guilty...
State v. Scuderi - 1/12/1999
A jury convicted the defendant of driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI), first offense. She was sentenced to eleven months, twenty-nine days at seventy-five percent, all suspended except forty-eight hours in jail. She...
State v. Allen - 1/8/1999
The defendants, Jeffrey R. Allen and Jennings Michael Coen, appeal as of right their convictions of attempted rape by an Anderson County jury. Allen was sentenced to ten (10) years as a Range III, persistent offender. Coen was...
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