Tag: grand jury foreman
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Roane County, TN Assigns Fourth Attorney to Defendant; Exculpatory Evidence Still Withheld
“A LIE BY OMISSION IS STILL A LIE” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 16, 2016) — On July 11, Roane County, TN defendant Roy Cook informed The Post & Email that during a July 5 hearing on his 3+-year-old case, he was assigned a fourth defense attorney at the county’s expense. Roane County is one of…
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Tennessee Case Now in Its Fourth Year Illustrates Fifth, Sixth Amendment Violations
“THERE’S NO INCENTIVE TO DO IT RIGHT IF THERE’S NO PUNISHMENT FOR DOING IT WRONG” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2016) — For nearly a year, The Post & Email has been reporting about the case of State of Tennessee v. Roy Cook, 2013-CR-197, in which the defendant’s twin brother, Andrew, accused him of extortion…
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Walter Fitzpatrick Breaks His Silence
“ROUGH AND ROUGHED” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 8, 2016) — After nearly two months, The Post & Email on Tuesday received two letters from Tennessee inmate Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III. One was five pages and the other 15, with the second a follow-up to the first. Nearly two years ago, Fitzpatrick was sentenced to three…
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Appellate Court Reverses and Remands Lower Court’s Action in Maryland Case Alleging Obama Identity Fraud
NEXT STEP: PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI by Sharon Rondeau (May 10, 2016) — Former Washington, DC-area attorney Montgomery Blair Sibley reported on his blog on Tuesday that a three-judge panel of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals issued an April 28 opinion reversing a lower court’s ruling stating that Sibley was not entitled to…
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Tennessee Defendant Takes Prosecutor to Task for Incompetence, Alleged Evidence-Tampering
“BE SPECIFIC” by Sharon Rondeau (May 3, 2016) — On April 20, The Post & Email published an update on the case of State of Tennessee v. Roy Cook, a case emanating from Roane County which has entered its fourth year without a trial or resolution. Cook alleges that the prosecution has withheld exculpatory evidence…
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Report: Correction System “in the Business of Holding People”
“THEY GET KICKBACKS ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 30, 2016) — In a recent telephone conversation with a Tennessee state prison inmate, The Post & Email was told that the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), enabled by the state Board of Parole, is “in the business of holding people” for as…
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Walter Fitzpatrick Relocated
ARE NEW SURROUNDINGS MORE DANGEROUS THAN BEFORE? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 11, 2016) — By means of a letter received on Friday, The Post & Email learned that Tennessee inmate #540003, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, was relocated to the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP), colloquially known as “West High,” on March 1. While we know…
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Inmate’s Story Echoes Those of Prison Abuse, Fraud, “Cover-Ups”
“NO PERSON IS SAFE” by Anonymous Inmate, NWCX, Tiptonville, TN (Mar. 5, 2016) — The letter below was received by The Post & Email on Friday, March 4 and corroborates the numerous reports received over the last year from other inmates describing prisoners-for-profit schemes and other abuses at NWCX, a Tennessee state prison located in…
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Inmate Reports Prison Violence, Correction Officer Injured; No Mainstream Media Coverage
“THIS PLACE IS SO CORRUPT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 17, 2016) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email received a letter from an inmate at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN, from whom we have heard twice before, describing two inmate stabbings and another of a correction officer at the West Tennessee State…
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Will Claims of Prison Retaliation, Discrimination Be Addressed?
“CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 4, 2016) — In December, Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Jerome L. Johnson was unexpectedly moved from Site 2 to Site 1 at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) as a result of what he believes was retaliation by prison staff for his refusal to participate in…
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Marvin Young Trial Postponed on Conflict of Interest Issue
NEXT HEARING FEBRUARY 22 by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 26, 2016) — On Sunday, The Post & Email reported that a trial for Monroe County, TN defendant Marvin William Young would likely be postponed after the prosecutor of the case last month became his public defender. Former Assistant District Attorney General Paul D. Rush moved from…
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Monroe County, TN: Prosecutor Moves to Public Defender’s Office
BUT SHOULD HE REPRESENT THOSE HE CLAIMED WERE CRIMINALS? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 24, 2016) — A trial scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 26, in Monroe County, TN of defendant Marvin William Young may be postponed as a result of the prosecutor, Paul D. Rush, having joined the judicial district’s public defender’s office within…
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Fitzpatrick’s Cell Repeatedly Raided, Personal Property and Stamps Stolen, Not Returned
“IT TOOK ABOUT 30-40 MINUTES TO DESTROY THE CELL” by LCDR Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Ret.), TDOC Inmate #540003 (Jan. 15, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received on Friday, January 15, 2016 and details an ongoing situation of which The Post & Email has been aware and about which it has recently…
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Waggoner Case Scheduled for Retrial April 25
BUT ARE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BEING UPHELD? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 29, 2015) — On November 25, The Post & Email first reported on the case of State of Tennessee v. Kevin Waggoner, case #4826, which is not currently found in publicly-listed cases online. On May 1, 2014, with the last digit in the year changed…
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Inmate Reports Intimidation, Harassment, and Retaliation
FOR REFUSING PLACEMENT IN COURSE by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 14, 2015) — On Monday The Post & Email received an original and copies of a new grievance form from Tennessee prison inmate Jerome L. Johnson, on whose situation we have reported for a number of months. Under circumstances similar to those in which Walter Francis…
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Appeal Filed in Fitzpatrick Case to Tennessee Supreme Court
CAN A PETITIONER FOR “REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES” BE TRIED AND CONVICTED OF EXTORTION? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 11, 2015) — Knoxville attorney Van Irion has filed an appeal in the case of State of Tennessee v. Walter Francis Fitzpatrick III to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Fitzpatrick Appeal to TN Supreme Court Fitzpatrick was convicted of…
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The Post & Email Receives a Very Special Christmas Card
“THE BEST CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR EVER” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 8, 2015) — On Monday, The Post & Email received a Christmas card from Tennessee state prison inmate Jerome L. Johnson, #150724, on whose pending in-house punishment for refusing to participate in the Pro-Social Life Skills course we have reported since last summer. As…
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Fitzpatrick: Tennessee “the Land Where the Law Went to Die”
“A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED ACT OF IDENTITY THEFT” by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, TDOC #540003 (Dec. 4, 2015) — [Editor’s Note: The following letter was received from the above Tennessee state prison inmate on Thursday, December 3, 2015. Fitzpatrick has been imprisoned since August 19, 2014 for convictions of “aggravated perjury” and “extortion” following his attempted…
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Exclusive: 1883 Tennessee Supreme Court Decision: Grand Jury Foreman Chosen From “the Venire”
NOT HANDPICKED BY A JUDGE by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 28, 2015) — A Tennessee Supreme Court case from 1883 indicates that at that time, the foreman of the county grand jury was chosen by the criminal court judge from among the 13 impaneled citizens comprising “the venire,” or grand jury panel. In State of Tennessee…
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Tennessee Ignores the Fifth Amendment…Again
WILL JUSTICE BE SERVED? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 25, 2015) — The Post & Email recently became aware of a case in Union County, TN, also prosecuted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), which was tried and resulted in a “nolle prosequi” status but is to be retried in April in what could be…