by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 5, 2023) — On August 10, 2023, a Writ of Error Coram Nobis filed in the Shelby County Criminal Court by Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White claiming new evidence in his 2017 drug-related conviction was denied a hearing by Division III Judge James Jones, Jr. According to USLegal.com, “Coram Nobis” signifies […]
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Court Denies Petitioner’s Writ on Factual Error
by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 15, 2023) — On August 23, former Tennessee inmate Kristina Cole filed a Writ of Error Coram Nobis with the Shelby County Criminal Court, which oversaw her 2017 conviction on two counts of drug distribution dating back to a police-initiated incident on February 3, 2016. At her October 2017 sentencing, Cole […]
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Jason White Coram Nobis Petition Denied
by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 31, 2023) — On June 26, 2023, a Tennessee inmate currently housed in a New Mexico prison on Tennessee’s behalf submitted to the Shelby County, TN Criminal Court a Writ of Error Coram Nobis, presenting what he claimed was “newly discovered evidence” gleaned only recently from one of his co-defendants at […]
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Life-Imprisoned Tennessee Inmate Submits “Newly Available Evidence” in Six-Year-Old Drug Conviction Case
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 12, 2023) — On June 26, Tennessee state inmate Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico since 2019, filed a Writ of Error Coram Nobis with the Shelby County, TN Criminal Court, Division III, to report “newly available evidence” he claimed will demonstrate his innocence of the 2016 […]
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Former TN Inmate Shares Her Story, Future Plans
by Sharon Rondeau (May 5, 2023) — Since October 2017, The Post & Email has reported on a case involving three Tennessee defendants alleged to have engaged in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in a “drug free zone” in early 2016. Following indictment and trial in Shelby County in July 2017, all three were convicted, […]
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Co-Defendant to “Bait-and-Switch” Case Granted Parole
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 11, 2023) — Following a March 28, 2023 parole hearing and subsequent change in her posted TDOC status, on Tuesday The Post & Email obtained confirmation from Tennessee Board of Parole (BOP) spokesman Dustin Krugel that Kristina Yvette Cole, inmate #583144, has been granted parole by a three-member panel. Just before […]
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“Non-Binding Recommendation” Favors Parole for Co-Defendant Kristina Cole
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 29, 2023) — As The Post & Email reported Sunday, on Tuesday a parole hearing was held for Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Kristina Cole, a Memphis mother of three who has been incarcerated since late 2017 after she was convicted of two charges associated with distributing drugs in a […]
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Kristina Cole Awarded Commutation of Sentence
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 21, 2022) — Tennessee inmate Kristina Cole has been granted a commutation of her 13.5-year sentence for allegedly taking part in a scheme to distribute methamphetamine in a drug-free zone in early 2016, according to a press release issued Thursday from Gov. Bill Lee‘s office. Cole was one of 30 individuals […]
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Jason White Interviewed on “Shedding Light”
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 26, 2022) — On Tuesday afternoon, Tennessee convict Jason Lamar White spoke with “Shedding Light” host Leonna Abraham Brandao, whose show focuses on wrongful convictions and issues arising from incarceration. “Blogtalk Radio Shedding Light was initiated to expose injustices in the Communities, Prisons, Government and beyond,” the show’s page states. “People […]
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Another Bait-and-Switch: Judge Issues Ruling 15 Days after Retirement, Contradicting Docket
by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 15, 2022) — In a ruling expected Thursday, a post-conviction petition filed more than two years ago by Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White was denied, albeit by a judge who retired 15 days ago. The merits of White’s petition received a hearing in early July over three days, with White representing […]
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Tennessee Inmate Jason White Interviews with David Tulis
by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 13, 2022) — On Monday morning, NoogaRadio host David Tulis hosted Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White for a phone interview from prison lasting approximately 40 minutes. The interview begins at 5:27 here: https://www.facebook.com/noogaradio/videos/777515380186058/?app=fbl In 2017, White was convicted in the Shelby County Criminal Court without any definitive evidence connecting him to […]
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Another Strange Twist in the Jason White Case
by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 6, 2022) — The latest entry in the online record for Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White states that a “Petition for Post Conviction Relief” hearing will take place on September 15 despite the fact that the court heard arguments for the same purpose in early July. A new date was originally […]
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Jason White Hearing Concludes
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 13, 2022) — A long-awaited post-conviction petition hearing for Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White ended Monday after three days of proceedings in the Shelby County Criminal Court, Division III, Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter, Jr. presiding. Hearings began on July 5 after more than a half-dozen postponements dating back to August 27, […]
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Tennessee Inmate, Banished to New Mexico, Speaks with The Post & Email
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 11, 2022) — On Thursday, The Post & Email received a phone call from TDOC inmate Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico for the last three years but was recently returned to Tennessee, presumably for a long-awaited court hearing scheduled for July 5. As we have reported […]
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Jason White Returned to Tennessee
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 5, 2022) — Quite unexpectedly, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico for the last three years, was late last week transported back to Tennessee, where a long-sought post-conviction petition hearing is scheduled to take place one month from today on July 5, 2022 in Shelby […]
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The “Hearing” that Wasn’t
by Sharon Rondeau (May 19, 2022) — On April 6, 2022, a post-conviction petition hearing in Shelby County, TN in the case of Jason Lamar White scheduled for the following day was “reset” to May 19, 2022, reportedly for the last time. In a last-minute twist, the hearing has been postponed and is now set […]
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Jason White Case: Transfer Orders Canceled Yet Again
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 6, 2022) — A rescheduled April 7 hearing in Shelby County, TN for inmate Jason Lamar White on a post-conviction petition has again been postponed and transfer orders canceled. As The Post & Email reported last month, White filed the petition more than two years ago, with an initial hearing reset […]
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Shelby County, TN: Will Multiple Delays End on April 7?
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2022) — Just days before a November 4, 2021 hearing on a post-conviction petition for Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White was to take place, Shelby County, TN Judge Robert Carter abruptly canceled it, along with White’s transfer order to attend, stating he would instead hold a hearing solely on White’s […]
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Shelby County, TN Drug Conviction Hearing Rescheduled, but Will it Happen?
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2021) — Subpoenas were served to the district attorney’s office, a former local police detective and a number of other material witnesses to appear at an August 27 hearing for Jason Lamar White, a Tennessee convict transferred out-of-state two years ago representing himself in an ongoing appellate process for a 2017 […]
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Tennessee Sentences Man to Life in Prison in Bait-and-Switch Scheme
by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 4, 2021) — A 40-year-old Tennessee man serving a 60-year sentence for a crime to which another inmate confessed is attempting to exercise his due process rights at an upcoming hearing on August 27 in Shelby County, TN. Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico since May 2019, […]