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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Jason White Hearing to Continue Monday
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 10, 2022) — On Friday in Shelby County, TN, a post-conviction petition hearing convened for the second day for inmate Jason Lamar White, who is representing himself and attempting to make the case to Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter, Jr. that his attorney failed to provide effective assistance of counsel during his […]
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Post-Conviction Hearing to Continue Friday
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2022) — As rescheduled for a final time on May 20 after numerous delays, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White appeared in the Shelby County Criminal Court on Tuesday for a post-conviction petition hearing awaited for more than two years. Encompassing the city of Memphis, Shelby County comprises the state’s 30th […]
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Two Days Before Hearing, Jason White again “Locked Down”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 3, 2022) — In early June, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White was transported from New Mexico to the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN in anticipation of a post-conviction petition hearing in the Shelby County Criminal Court scheduled for July 5. In May 2019, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) […]
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“Extraordinary Appeal” Request Calls Out Judge for Delays, “Abuse of Discretion”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 27, 2022) — On June 22, inmate Jason Lamar White submitted a 190-page Application to file an “Extraordinary Appeal” with the Court of Criminal Appeals at Jackson, TN in his ongoing efforts to argue the process responsible for his incarceration was flawed for several reasons. In the application, White presented two […]
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Conditions Improve for Inmate Awaiting Post-Conviction Hearing for More Than Two Years
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 15, 2022) — The Post & Email has confirmed that following our report on Saturday in the case of Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Jason Lamar White, White has been transferred out of the “iron-bar” cell to which he was confined after arriving in Tennessee for a court hearing next […]
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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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Shelby County, TN Again Denies Justice
by Sharon Rondeau (May 22, 2022) — A “hearing” in Division III of the Shelby County, TN Criminal Court scheduled for May 19 put off until the next day has again been postponed for another six weeks for Tennessee state inmate Jason Lamar White. White has been seeking a hearing on a post-conviction petition since […]
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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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Shelby County, TN: Appellate Panel Reverses, Remands Criminal Court’s Dismissal of Post-Conviction Claims
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 8, 2022) — A decision issued Thursday by a three-judge panel reversed a trial court’s denial of relief from post-conviction petition claims to Shelby County, TN resident Kristina Cole in a case which sentenced her to 13.5 years in state prison on drug charges. Cole’s case, prosecuted by Tennessee’s 30th Judicial […]
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Jason White Hearing Rescheduled for May 19
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 7, 2022) — On Thursday Shelby County, TN Criminal Court Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter, Jr. again rescheduled a post-conviction petition hearing for inmate Jason Lamar White, this time for May 19, 2022. As The Post & Email reported Wednesday, the hearing was scheduled for April 7 following two previous postponements but […]
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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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Phone Access Restored to Inmate following Canceled Interstate Transfer
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 12, 2021) — On October 27, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White began the process of interstate transfer from New Mexico to Tennessee in anticipation of a November 4 hearing in Shelby County on a post-conviction petition. Last month White filed a Second Motion to Recuse Judge Robert Carter and the prosecutor’s […]
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Latest Twist in Jason White Case: Transport Order Canceled
by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 1, 2021) — In another turn of events, an order issued by Shelby County, TN Division III Criminal Court Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter for Jason Lamar White to travel from New Mexico to Tennessee for a hearing on Thursday has reportedly been canceled. A second transport order for Tennessee state inmate […]
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Will Jason White Finally Have his Day in Court…
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 26, 2021) — A 40-year-old Tennessee inmate 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 November 4 in Shelby County, TN, although whether or not he will be able to argue his case in […]
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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, […]
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Two Inmates Continue to Seek Redress in Case of Falsely-Addressed Package, Third-Party Confession
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 22, 2021) — Two co-defendants in a 2017 case arising in Shelby County, TN remain in prison despite faulty testimony proffered against them at trial and a confession from a third defendant who is also imprisoned. The case arose after a package from an unidentified sender in Visalia, CA arrived on […]