Collierville, Tennessee is a suburb of Memphis located in Shelby County. Because it is outside the Memphis city limits, it has an independent municipal government including its own court system. If you are charged with a crime in Collierville your case will be heard in the Municipal Court located at 101 Walnut Street. The Collierville municipal court…
In Tennessee, patronizing prostitution is defined as soliciting or hiring another person with the intent that the other person engage in prostitution, or entering or remaining in a house of prostitution for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity. Most of these cases result from undercover police sting operations. Money does not need to change…
According to a recent Memphis Commercial Appeal article, eleven individuals have been charged this year with taking a firearm into the Memphis International Airport. Many, if not all of them likely were travelers who simply forgot that they left their handgun in their carry-on bag. When these travelers got to the security gate and put…
Diversion is the process of having a criminal charge removed from a client’s permanent record. Where I practice in Tennessee there are two types of diversion: judicial and pre-trial. Pre-trial diversion is also known as Attorney General diversion, because the A.G. (also called the D.A. or the prosecutor) has the sole power to grant it….
Tennessee’s statutory rape law is found in Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 5 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. It is a complex offense that contains numerous elements and criminalizes many different activities, and the penalties can be harsh. There are actually three types of statutory rape in Tennessee: mitigated statutory rape, statutory rape, and aggravated…
Judicial diversion is the process in criminal law where a person pleads guilty to a crime and can later have the charge removed (or expunged) from their record following a period of probation. It is granted by the judge, hence its name. This article will discuss the process and requirements of judicial diversion, but be…
Tennessee’s offense of solicitation of a minor is found in the Tennessee Code Annotated Title 39, Chapter 5, Part 9. Title 39 contains all of the state’s criminal offenses, and Chapter 5 is for sex crimes. Solicitation of a minor is a serious and complex offense because it contains so many elements and encompasses numerous…
If you have been arrested or been issued a misdemeanor citation in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the first things you’re going to have to do is hire a lawyer. This can be a daunting task if you don’t know one, and especially so if this is your first run-in with the law. You’re probably confused…
Memphis, Tennessee area courts have some of the busiest criminal dockets in the country, handling over 100,000 criminal cases a year. Many of these cases are for the misdemeanor offense of marijuana possession. In Memphis, misdemeanor marijuana possession is a Class A misdemeanor punishable up to 11 months and 29 days. There is also a…
