Tag: Judge Robert "Bobby" Carter Jr.
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Jason White: “Corruption” in Judicial System Must be Addressed
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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My Story
by Kristina Cole, ©2023 May 19, 2023 My name is Kristina Cole and I am a 49-year-old black single mother of now three grown children. Seven years ago at 42 years of age, I was arrested and later convicted of two counts of Conspiracy – Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine in a Drug Free Zone and…
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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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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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At Last Minute, “Carter” No Longer Jurist in Jason White Case
by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 14, 2022) — The online docket record of Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White now reflects that the newly-elected criminal court judge in Shelby County will issue a ruling Thursday on White’s post-conviction hearing which took place over two months ago. Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter, Jr. had presided over those hearings as…
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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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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…