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. Strombergh - 3/22/2002
On August 21, 1999, the Hamilton County Grand Jury charged the Defendant, James W. Strombergh, with third offense driving under the influence (DUI). Following a bifurcated trial conducted on April 19, 2000, a Hamilton County jury...
State v. Taylor - 3/19/2002
Background
The record on appeal, which consists only of the pre-sentence report and the transcript of the sentencing hearing, reflects that the defendant, Alvin Ray Taylor, was involved in a traffic accident in Coffee County on...
State v. Wooster - 3/18/2002
Assigned on Briefs September 19, 2001
The defendant, Carolyn A. Wooster, was convicted of aggravated child abuse and neglect, a Class A felony. The trial court imposed a sentence of 15 years. In this appeal, the defendant asserts...
State v. Butler - 3/18/2002
On March 18, 2000, Deputy Dan Owen was off duty and working as a security guard for a Wal-Mart store in Jackson, Tennessee when a customer informed him that there was a man who appeared to be intoxicated wandering around the parking...
State v. Warren - 3/14/2002
FACTS
Millington Police Officer Francis Cherry testified he was patrolling on March 19, 1999. At approximately midnight, Officer Cherry observed the defendant's vehicle make two turns without an activated turn signal. Officer...
State v. Troglin - 3/12/2002
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The following facts are taken from the evidence adduced at Defendant's trial. (The proof presented at Defendant's suppression hearing is discussed in section II of this opinion.) On June 15, 1998, Harvey...
State v. White - 3/11/2002
The evidence reflects that Olene McCluskey returned to her Murfreesboro home on August 31, 1999, to discover that it had been burglarized. It appeared that a crowbar or like instrument was used to pry the backdoor open. A television...
State v. Imfeld - 3/11/2002
The defendant entered guilty pleas to five counts of aggravated assault and was sentenced to three years for each conviction. The trial court ordered three of the sentences for aggravated assault to be served consecutively, for an...
State v. Browne - 3/11/2002
Assigned on Briefs May 23, 2001
The Defendant, David Kirk Browne, was indicted on one count of public indecency. The Defendant sought pretrial diversion, which was denied by the State. Following several continuances, the trial...
State v. Baker - 3/8/2002
Assigned on Briefs November 28, 2001
Pursuant to a bench trial, the appellant, Randall P. Baker, was convicted of one count of failure to appear, a class E felony. The trial court sentenced the appellant as a career offender to...
State v. Cook - 3/5/2002
Assigned on Briefs February 5, 2002
The Defendant, Michael Joseph Cook, was convicted of driving under the influence, second offense. The trial court sentenced him to 11 months and 29 days and required him to serve six months of...
State v. Batts - 2/28/2002
Assigned on Briefs January 23, 2002
The defendant, Richard Lynn Batts, was convicted of driving under the influence, third offense, and violation of the implied consent law. The trial court imposed a sentence of 11 months and 29...
State v. Munson - 12/31/2001
This is an interlocutory appeal by the state from an order by the trial court excluding a .20 breathalyzer result from consideration in the imposition of an enhanced sentence for a DUI offense. The order is vacated and the cause is...
State v. Levitt - 12/18/2001
Assigned on Briefs September 25, 2001
The defendant drove up behind a vehicle which had halted because of a driver's license roadblock near Knoxville. He then proceeded onto the right shoulder to get around that vehicle and was...
Hawks v. Greene - 12/18/2001
The Tennessee Department of Safety, appellant, seeks review of the decision of the Chancery Court for Davidson County reversing the State's order forfeiting the vehicle owned by Ms. Marie Hawks, appellee. Because we find that...
State v. Shelton - 12/17/2001
Assigned on Briefs October 2, 2001
The defendant, Clifton Shelton, pled guilty to simple possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor. The trial court sentenced the defendant to 11 months and 29 days, requiring him to spend...
State v. Godwin - 12/14/2001
In 1995, the Defendant pled guilty to four felony drug charges for which he received three concurrent eight-year sentences and one concurrent five-year sentence, to be served on Community Corrections. Subsequently, the trial court...
State v. Vanderford - 12/14/2001
Assigned on Briefs June 12, 2001
The appellant, Charles David Vanderford, appeals the order of the Circuit Court of Hardin County revoking the community corrections sentences that he received following his convictions by a jury...
State v. Flittner - 12/14/2001
Assigned on Briefs May 16, 2001
The appellant, Gregory Flittner, was convicted by a jury in the Williamson County Circuit Court of driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level of .10% or more. The trial court sentenced...
State v. Williams - 12/13/2001
On September 25, 2000, the Defendant, Jerry Damon Williams, entered a plea of guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-10-401. Pursuant to Rule 37 (b)(1)(i) of the Tennessee...
State v. Farner - 12/11/2001
The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether Tennessee law recognizes a co-perpetrator rule which bars the defendant's convictions for criminally negligent homicide on the basis that the victims were co-participants in the...
State v. Barnes - 12/10/2001
The defendant, Jared M. Barnes, was convicted upon his guilty plea for vehicular homicide by recklessness, a Class C felony. The trial court sentenced him as a Range I, standard offender to five years, with ten months, day for day, to...
State v. Arbuckle - 12/5/2001
A Sumner County jury convicted the Defendant, Michael Joseph Arbuckle, of one count of driving under the influence, one count of driving under the influence, per se, and one count of driving under the influence, second offense....
State v. Eady - 12/4/2001
Assigned on Briefs May 23, 2001
The Defendant was convicted by a Bradley County jury of second degree murder. The trial court sentenced him as a Range I standard offender to twenty-five years' incarceration. In this appeal as of...
State v. Bailey - 11/29/2001
Assigned on Briefs October 30, 2001
The Appellant, Robbie R. Bailey, was indicted by a Washington County Grand Jury for one count of driving under the influence, fourth offense, one count of driving on a revoked license, and two...
State v. Godsey - 11/29/2001
Bobby G. Godsey was convicted of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of aggravated child abuse. Following a sentencing hearing, the jury imposed a sentence of death upon finding that the single aggravating circumstance,...
State v. Meghreblian - 11/16/2001
The defendant, Michael T. Meghreblian, is serving a seven and one-half year sentence in the Department of Correction as a result of his Williamson County Circuit Court conviction of aggravated assault. On appeal, he complains that the...
State v. Biskner - 11/13/2001
Assigned on Briefs July 25, 2001
Defendant was convicted of driving under the influence ("DUI"), fourth or subsequent offense, driving while license revoked, and child endangerment. In this appeal, Defendant challenges all...
State v. Hill - 11/7/2001
The Defendant, Michael Hill, pled guilty to driving under the influence of an intoxicant, and submitted sentencing for determination by the trial court. Included within the sentencing was a determination by the trial court as to...
State v. Connelly - 11/6/2001
The defendant, Daniel O. Connelly, appeals from his conviction of driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI) imposed after a bench trial in the Dickson County Circuit Court. He claims on appeal that the evidence is insufficient...
State v. Johnson - 11/6/2001
The Appellant, Nicholas J. Johnson, presents for review a certified question of law. Johnson pled guilty to two counts of possession of Schedule I drugs for resale, one count of possession of Schedule IV drugs for resale, and simple...
State v. Clark - 10/30/2001
The Appellant, Steve A. Clark, was convicted by a Grundy County jury for driving under the influence, Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-401(a)(1), driving with an alcohol concentration of .10% or more, Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-401(a)(2), and...
State v. Cline - 10/30/2001
The appellant, Stephen E. Cline, pled guilty in the Overton County Criminal Court to four counts of obtaining a controlled substance by forgery, and the trial court imposed concurrent sentences of four years incarceration in the...
State v. Ayers - 10/29/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 21, 2001
The defendant, David Glenn Ayers, was convicted of driving under the influence, second offense. The trial court imposed a sentence of 11 months and 29 days with release eligibility after service...
State v. Brent - 10/26/2001
A Rutherford County jury convicted the defendant of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. The trial court sentenced the defendant to eleven months and twenty-nine days to be served in a local workhouse. The court required the...
State Dept. of Children's Services v. J.S. - 10/25/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 15, 2001
This case involves a petition for termination of parental rights brought by the Tennessee Department of Children's Services ("DCS"). Following a bench trial, the court below terminated the...
State v. Blackburn - 10/19/2001
The defendant appeals his convictions for first degree premeditated murder, first degree felony murder, and aggravated robbery. He contends that (1) insufficient evidence exists to support his convictions; (2) the trial court erred by...
Bailey v. State - 10/19/2001
Assigned on Briefs September 27, 2000
A Sullivan County jury convicted the petitioner of one count of second degree murder involving the death of his son. For this offense the petitioner received a sentence of twenty years as a...
State v. Smith - 10/19/2001
Assigned on Briefs July 25, 2001
The Defendant was convicted of driving under the influence (D.U.I.) second offense, sentenced to fifty days in jail, and ordered to pay a $2,500.00 fine. The Defendant now appeals, arguing the...
State v. York - 10/17/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 21, 2001
The defendant, Ricky Franklin York, appeals from his sentence of six years as a Range I, standard offender that he received upon his guilty plea to aggravated assault, a Class C felony. He...
State v. Chapman - 10/16/2001
A Carroll County jury convicted the appellant, Marion Lee Chapman, of one (1) count of driving under the influence of an intoxicant. The trial court sentenced the appellant to eleven (11) months and twenty- nine (29) days, suspended...
State v. Barber - 10/16/2001
Assigned on Briefs September 25, 2001
The defendant was convicted by a Sullivan County Criminal Court jury of driving under the influence, third offense, a Class A misdemeanor, and driving while license suspended, revoked, or...
State v. Adkisson - 10/12/2001
The defendant, Patricia Adkisson, who was charged with 253 counts of animal cruelty and one count of tampering with evidence, was convicted on three counts of animal cruelty. See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 39-14-202, 39-16-503. The trial court...
State v. Hammock - 10/12/2001
Assigned on Briefs June 19, 2001
After a trial, Defendant, Martin Stuart Hammock, was found guilty by a Davidson County jury of murder first degree. In accordance with the jury's verdict, the trial court imposed a sentence of...
State v. Black - 10/12/2001
Assigned on Briefs September 25, 2001
A Davidson County jury convicted the defendant of theft over $60,000, a Class B felony. The defendant contends in this appeal that (1) the trial court erred in allowing the testimony of a...
State v. Bryant - 10/9/2001
The defendant, Derrick Bryant, was convicted of first degree premeditated murder. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-202(a)(1). The jury sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. In this appeal of right, the defendant...
State v. Duckett - 10/9/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 21, 2001
The defendant was indicted for robbery and convicted of misdemeanor theft, for which she was sentenced to eleven months and twenty-nine days, and payment of restitution, with the defendant to...
State v Blacksmith - 10/8/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 15, 2001
The defendant, John Blacksmith, appeals his Davidson County Criminal Court jury conviction of second-offense driving while under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI). He claims (1) that the...
State v. Dean - 9/28/2001
The defendant was convicted of aggravated rape and sentenced to forty years as a violent offender. He timely appealed, alleging, inter alia, that the trial court erred in not suppressing a confession obtained, following his warrantless...
State - 9/25/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 3, 2001 Session
These parents of three minor children ("Children") were arrested in April 1998, while the Children were with them, for possession of a firearm, drug possession, and public intoxication....
State v. Cowan - 9/24/2001
The defendant, Thomas E. Cowan, Jr., was found guilty of contempt. The trial court imposed a jail sentence of 10 days, six of which were suspended. In this appeal of right, the defendant argues that the evidence was insufficient; that...
State v. Friedman - 9/24/2001
The defendant, Neil Friedman, was convicted of driving under the influence, third offense, and driving on a revoked license. The trial court imposed a sentence of 11 months and 29 days, six months of which was to be served in the...
State v. Francis - 9/19/2001
Assigned on Briefs July 25, 2001
In an indictment returned by the Morgan County Grand Jury, Defendant, Charles R. Francis, was charged with fourth offense DUI. Count 1 of the indictment alleged that the triggering offense of DUI...
State v. Lawson - 9/19/2001
Assigned on Briefs July 25, 2001
The Defendant pled guilty to one count of theft over $1,000.00 and the trial court sentenced her as a Range I standard offender to three years probation. The Defendant appeals from the revocation...
State v. Gober - 9/18/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 21, 2001
The issue is how to compute the number of prior offenses available for consideration in determining multiple offender status pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-10-403(a)(3). We...
State v. Bean - 9/18/2001
Assigned on Briefs April 25, 2001
The appellant, Robert G. Bean, challenges his conviction in the Williamson County Circuit Court of one count of driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI), third offense. He presents the...
State v. Lazaro - 9/18/2001
Defendant was convicted by a Bedford County jury of DUI, second offense, Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-10-401, and driving while license revoked, second offense, Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-50-504, both Class A misdemeanors. Following a sentencing...
State v. Tansil - 9/18/2001
The defendant, William A. Tansil, appeals from his conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI), third offense, for which he received a sentence of eleven months, twenty-nine days, with all but one hundred fifty...
State v. Clever - 9/14/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 7, 2001
The defendant pled guilty to driving under the influence and was sentenced as a multiple offender. In this appeal as of right, the defendant alleges that (1) the trial court erred in finding that...
State v. Hicks - 9/11/2001
The primary issue in this case is whether drivers' license roadblocks are constitutionally reasonable under Article I, section 7 of the Tennessee Constitution. After officers stopped the appellant at a drivers' license checkpoint, they...
State v. Rhea - 9/10/2001
Assigned on Briefs July 25, 2001
The Defendant pled guilty to two counts of introduction of drugs into a penal institution. Her plea agreement required her to serve two concurrent six-year sentences for the offenses, but left the...
State v. Reid - 9/7/2001
A Davidson County jury found Donald Lee Reid guilty of driving under the influence, first offense. The trial court imposed a sentence of 11 months and 29 days, suspended after service of 15 days confinement, and a fine of $500.00. Reid...
State v. Sikes - 9/6/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 7, 2001
As the result of an altercation with the manager of a fast food restaurant, the defendant was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault, a Class C felony; assault, a Class A misdemeanor; unlawful...
State v. Smith - 9/6/2001
Assigned on Briefs July 11, 2001
The Appellant, Randall Keith Smith, appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized in his residence during the execution of a search warrant. A written "motion to suppress" was...
City of Chattanooga v. Davis - 9/4/2001
As amended September 12, 2001.
CITY OF CHATTANOOGA v. KEVIN DAVIS AND FRANK BARRETT v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY
Appeal by Permission from the Court of Appeals Criminal Court for Hamilton...
State v. Blackhurst - 8/30/2001
The defendant, Darlene Renee Blackhurst, pled guilty to second offense driving under the influence of an intoxicant ("DUI"), leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, and three counts of reckless aggravated assault. Following...
Drummer v. State - 8/29/2001
Assigned on Briefs August 7, 2001
The Appellant, Edward Drummer, appeals from the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief by the Shelby County Criminal Court. In September, 1997, Drummer pled guilty to one count of...
State v. Parvin - 8/29/2001
Assigned on Briefs March 20, 2001
The Sullivan County grand jury issued presentments against the defendant on one count of operating a motor vehicle without a face shield; two counts of speeding; three counts of driving under the...
State v. Blanton - 8/28/2001
ORDER
The defendant, Robert Blanton, Jr., was indicted by the Montgomery County Grand Jury on June 6, 1995, on one count of sale of marijuana and one count of delivery of marijuana, both Class E felonies. The defendant pled...
State v. Lampton - 8/23/2001
Assigned on Briefs April 11, 2001
The Defendant was convicted of second offense driving under the influence and violation of the open container law. The trial court sentenced her to eleven months, twenty-nine days incarceration...
State v. Hancock - 8/23/2001
ORDER
The appellant, Kelly A. Hancock appeals as a matter of right from her conviction for driving under the influence. She contends the evidence is insufficient to support the jury's verdict of guilt. After a review of the...
State v. Tucker - 8/23/2001
Assigned on Briefs June 27, 2001
The defendant, Bobby Gene Tucker, appeals from the revocation of his probation received for his conviction for driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI) after having served fifteen days...
State v. Johnson - 8/22/2001
We granted this appeal to consider two issues: whether the evidence introduced at trial indicated two separate offenses of sexual battery such that the trial court erred in failing to require the State to make an election at the close...
State v. Shultz - 8/20/2001
Assigned on Briefs June 27, 2001
The state appeals the trial court's dismissal of its prosecution of the defendant, Mark A. Shultz, for driving under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI). It contends that the trial court's...
State v. Breeden - 8/17/2001
Assigned on Briefs June 27, 2001
The defendant, James L. Breeden, appeals from the one-year sentence to confinement imposed by the trial court for his driving a car in violation of an order under the Habitual Motor Vehicle...
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