Tag: State of Tennessee v. John Gouge
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Fitzpatrick Case to be Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
AFTER TENNESSEE HIGH COURT REFUSES TO HEAR APPEAL by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2016) — On November 4, 2015, Atty. Van Irion filed an Application for Permission to Appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on behalf of Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III, who was incarcerated on August 19, 2014…
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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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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…