WILL THE JURY BE RIGGED? by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 23, 2014) — A former Monroe County, TN resident who was sentenced to years in prison on alleged vehicular convictions and served more than two years in Tennessee state prisons will be retried on lesser charges beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Monday at the Monroe County […]
WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 2, 2013) — As reported by The Post & Email exclusively last week, for the first time ever, a Tennessee deputy attorney general has declared a public policy position admitting that the “foreperson” of all grand juries in Tennessee is IS NOT A JUROR as Tennessee […]
“THERE WAS NO CRIME COMMITTED IN THAT MOMENT” by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Mar. 21, 2012) — [Editor’s Note: On Monday, March 26, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Walter Fitzpatrick has a motion hearing regarding the charge leveled against him of “tampering with government records.” Here Fitzpatrick explains how he came into possession of the documents […]
MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVE TRAVIS JONES SIGHS, “I’M CONFUSED” by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (May 17, 2011) — Assistant Public Defender Jeanne Wiggins splayed Monroe County Sheriff’s Detective Travis Jones during cross-examination this afternoon on Day 1 of the Michael Ellington murder trial. Eliciting from Detective Jones one sobering revelation after the next, Attorney Wiggins […]
ANSWER: IN A TOTALLY AUTOMATED WAY by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Mar. 3, 2011) — In response to questions regarding the laws governing grand juries in Tennessee, the following information should provide a clear answer: The Tennessee Code Annotated is available online here. Using the search term “jury selection” results in this. Jury selection in […]