"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
– Dr.Martin Luther King Jr
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Our agency’s mission is to provide high quality, client-centered legal representation to indigent persons of all ages, accused of crimes or facing a deprivation of liberty throughout the State of Tennessee.
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US Supreme Court refines test for Second Amendment challenges
Near the end of its 2023-2024 term, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. —, 2024 WL
Tennessee Supreme Court overrules decades of precedent regarding probable cause by saying nothing changed
Without identifying specific cases, the Tennessee Supreme Court in State v. Green, expressly overruled “any prior opinions of the Court of Criminal Appeals or this
U.S. Supreme Court finds that substitute expert testimony may violate Confrontation Clause but punts the question of whether original expert’s statements are testimonial
The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Smith v. Arizona blunts the State’s ability to substitute experts at trial with the substitute expert basing