TN Supreme Court Halts Appeal in Rutherford County Rape Case from Moving Forward

Mar 12, 2024 at 07:40 pm by WGNS News

Rutherford County, TN – The Tennessee Supreme Court has closed-out any chances of an appeal for a man who was convicted of aggravated rape in Rutherford County in 2021.... Read More

Appeal Results in Revision of Rutherford County Conviction for Aggravated Robbery

Feb 08, 2024 at 12:00 am by WGNS News

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - 30-Year-old Steven Ray Crockett, the defendant in a Rutherford County Circuit Court case, appealed his jury conviction of aggravated robbery. C.... Read More

Man Convicted of Rape and Assault Appeals, but Appellate Court Sides with Trial Court

Oct 09, 2023 at 06:03 pm by WGNS News

  Rutherford County, TN – A man convicted of aggravated rape in a Rutherford County jury trial has filed an appeal. Marco Luciano Cianfarani, who was also convicte.... Read More

Middle Point Issues Response to Chancery Court Decision: The Clock is Ticking

Sep 11, 2023 at 03:49 pm by WGNS News

On September 8, Davidson County Chancery Court issued a decision in response to Middle Point’s appeal to the Central Tennessee Solid Waste Regional Board’s denial.... Read More

Middle Point Landfill and the Fight in Chancery Court on Thursday

Aug 24, 2023 at 10:15 am by WGNS News

NASHVILLE, TN - On Thursday in Nashville at the Chancery Court of Davidson County, representatives of the Middle Point Landfill in Rutherford County are appeali.... Read More

Man Convicted in 2015 Murder and Rape of a Murfreesboro Woman Denied Appeal by the TN Supreme Court

Jun 14, 2023 at 12:21 am by WGNS News

  RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - A man convicted of raping and killing a 22-year-old woman in Murfreesboro 8-years ago filed for post-conviction relief and lost. The subject la.... Read More

Man Convicted for Stealing a Truck from a Victim who was with his 10-Year-Old Daughter in Rutherford County Files an Appeal

Jan 12, 2023 at 08:30 pm by WGNS News

(Rutherford County, TN) A man convicted on charges of robbery, felony reckless endangerment, misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident, and felony vandalism by a Rutherfo.... Read More

TN Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Appellate Courts’ Authority to Review Unpresented, Unpreserved Issues with Coffee County Case

Oct 12, 2022 at 07:00 am by WGNS Radio News

TENNESSEE - A court case with roots in nearby Coffee County has led to the Tennessee Supreme Court clarifying some of the authority within the Appellate Courts throughout the.... Read More

Man who raped 12-year-old girl in Murfreesboro to remain in prison - Appeal denied

Apr 12, 2022 at 06:44 pm by WGNS

A man convicted on three counts of “Rape of a Child” in Rutherford County has appealed his case with the Court of Criminal Appeals.50-Year-old Derrick Himes was co.... Read More

Appeal Denied in a 2016 Murder at Vie Apartments in Murfreesboro

Oct 27, 2021 at 10:12 am by WGNS

A Humbolt, Tennessee man who was convicted for a murder that occurred in Murfreesboro 5-years ago has appealed his conviction.   In 2016, Cassius Dominique Ivory and.... Read More

Tennessee Supreme Court Deny Appeal filed by Convicted Rapist in Rutherford County

Aug 10, 2021 at 07:00 am by WGNS

The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied an appeal filed by a convicted rapist in Rutherford County. The denial was officially filed this past week, after the case in question.... Read More

63-Year-Old Lascassas Man Convicted of Rape Denied Appeal

Jul 20, 2021 at 11:30 pm by WGNS

Filed on July 13, 2021: A man convicted of rape in Rutherford County has asked for an appeal in his case, suggesting that his guilty plea was made unknowingly or involuntarily.... Read More

Appeal Denied Again for Man Convicted on 9 Counts of Rape of a Child

Apr 13, 2021 at 06:30 am by WGNS

Last year, WGNS told you about a convicted rapist who filed an appeal asking for post-conviction relief, but was denied. The registered sex offender then filed another appeal,.... Read More

Tennessee Supreme Court Denies Post Conviction Relief for Registered Sex Offender

Mar 24, 2021 at 09:45 am by WGNS

The old saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” sometimes may not apply… if you are a convict who plead guilty in a Rutherford County.... Read More

Waiting Period Law that States an Abortion Cannot Take Place Before a 48-Hour “Waiting Period” on Hold in Tennessee

Feb 22, 2021 at 07:35 am by WGNS

On Friday, February 19, 2021, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a divided 2-1 decision, ruled to deny the State of Tennessee's petition to stay the injunction applie.... Read More

Man Convicted on 9 Counts of Rape of a Child in Rutherford County Appeals

Dec 01, 2020 at 06:15 am by WGNS

A man convicted of raping a child in Rutherford County has petitioned the courts for post-conviction relief.Christopher N. Hernandez challenged the courts suggesting that he n.... Read More

Appeal filed by Murfreesboro Sex Offender Denied

Jul 22, 2020 at 09:30 am by WGNS

An appeal filed in the case of a registered sex offender who was arrested in Rutherford County has been denied. The case involves a man by the name of Matthew Whitehair who fi.... Read More