Imagine the confusion and consternation of a commercial trucker who drives routinely across Tennessee with a loaded gun inside his or her rig and never encounters a problem with law enforcers, yet can suffer legal peril for that same act once a new state is entered....
Seasoned and Aggressive Legal Representation
Month: February 2017
She made her point: court official’s notable bond decision
"I changed the 1 to a 4 and added a whole bunch of zeroes." Indeed, that is exactly what Claudia Brown did in effecting a bond decision regarding a prisoner that was centrally made to establish a point. Brown's point: Bond amounts imposed on individuals awaiting trial...
Defenseless in the face of sexual misconduct accusations
Instead of going to a job interview, you went to the campus security office for an interrogation. Instead of preparing for an internship, you prepared a defense statement. Instead of feeling excited about your future, you are now dreading it. Facing accusations of...
Spotlight on discretionary aspect of criminal sentencing
It has long been a maxim of criminal law in Tennessee and nationally that sentencing outcomes should not universally be the same for adult and juvenile offenders, respectively, when they have both committed a closely similar crime. Although that principle is not...
