"Since 1995, District Attorney General James N. Ramsey and his staff have prosecuted 14 men for murder in this county and all have been convicted."

"A Bargain For the Public", View of the New Hampshire Attorney General on a murder case plea bargain,    The Dartmouth, May 1, 2002

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals
Attorneys:
Mart S. Cizek, Clinton, Tennessee, for the appellant, Mark A. Griffin.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Renee W. Turner, Assistant Attorney General; James N. Ramsey, District Attorney General; Jan Hicks, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judges: OGLE; WELLES; WADE

First Paragraph:
Anderson County - The appellant, Mark A. Griffin, was convicted by a jury in the Anderson County Criminal Court of first degree murder committed in the perpetration of an aggravated robbery and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On appeal, the appellant raises several evidentiary questions, contests the jury charge, and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction. Upon review of the record and the parties' briefs, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals
Attorneys:
Nancy Meyer, Clinton, Tennessee, for the appellant, Edward Korik.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Patricia C. Kussmann, Assistant Attorney General; James N. Ramsey, District Attorney General; Jan Hicks, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge: TIPTON

First Paragraph:
The defendant, Edward Korik, appeals the Anderson County Criminal Court's ordering him to serve forty-five days in jail for his guilty plea to driving under the influence (DUI), second offense, a Class A misdemeanor. He contends that this court should remand his case to the general sessions court, where it originated, with orders that the general sessions court consider his request for work release instead of incarceration.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals
The trial court revoked the Defendant's release on probation and ordered the Defendant to serve the remainder of his sentence in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The Defendant appealed, arguing that because more than eight calendar years had passed from the date of his original sentence the original eight-year probated sentence had expired. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court.

Former Robertsville Middle School teacher William Marcus Kendall will serve the next couple years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to sex offenses.

An Anderson County Criminal Court jury returned a verdict of felony murder against Griffin in the death of Fred Brown and later sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. (see earlier related case below)

This is a link to an article in the Oak Ridger summarizing the outcome of this local murder case - with links to earlier stories which cover the chronology of the case. Joseph Ashley Gallaher was convicted for the murder of Clinton businessman Fred Brown in February, 1999.

This case is interesting in that it clearly defines the role and jurisdiction of the District Attorney General as an officer of the State of Tennessee and prohibits the City Court from trying State cases.