Jury term begins Monday in Carter County District Court with a number felony cases listed on the criminal trial docket. In fact, it appears criminal cases will kickoff jury term in the courtrooms of both District Judge Dennis Morris and Associate District Judge Lee Card. Morris will preside over the trial of Manuel Tuesca, charged with first-degree robbery. Card will preside over the drug distribution trial of Cortez Houston.
Information concerning which defendants are expected to enter pleas in their cases was not available. However, District Attorney Craig Ladd confirmed he anticipated James Conn Nipp, who is charged with possession of drugs and endangering others while attempting to elude police, will enter pleas.
Trial or pleas are also scheduled in the case against Christopher and Angela Randolph, charged with child neglect in connection with the heat-related death of their infant in August 2013, as well as Kevontre Jawuana Jones, charged with robbery by force or fear and two counts unauthorized use of credit card in connection with the case involving the multiple stabbing of a popular karaoke singer/convenience store clerk.
Other cases appearing on the August docket include:
Darrell Wallace — possession of controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute
David Johnson — possession of controlled dangerous substance and possession of stolen property
Bruce Hall — domestic assault and battery and kidnapping
Brandon Jenkins — grand larceny and domestic assault and battery
Sheila Dewberry — enable sex abuse
Angela Edmonds — DUI
James Douglas and Carol Douglas — distribution of CDS
Deondre Maytubby — DUI
Christopher Kendall — grand larceny
Freddi Williams — possession of CDS
Eddie Royal — DUI
Shawn Luke-Burk — possession of CDS
Michael Wayne Robison — embezzlement
Crystal Parkhill — Forgery
Luis Robles — possession of CDS with intent to distribute and possession of firearm during the commission of a felony
Johnathan Braum — assault and battery
Claude Patrick McDonald — threatening to perform act of violence, domestic assault and battery in presence of a minor and knowingly concealing stolen property
Brenda Lynette Tucker — possession of CDS and second-degree forgery
Corbin Joshua Cleve Cross — grand larceny
Mittie Michelle Cruz — possession of CDS
Kristie Ann Loven Corbett — larceny
Samantha Landeros — four counts of second-degree forgery and embezzlement
Kayla Lee Robinson — two counts of possession of CDS and unlawful delivery of CDS
Billy Wayne Grantham — possession of contraband by an inmate, falsely personate another
Earl Deon Jefferson — two counts first-degree rape
Juan Elredis Willis — domestic assault and battery by strangulation, possession of firearms after conviction and possession of CDS
Page 2 of 2 - Bonner Lacy Bankston — possession of stolen property
Randy Laverne Dunn — distribution of CDS
Brian Jeffrey Cox — failure to register as sex offender
Adam Joseph Cunningham — assault and battery with dangerous weapon
Edgar Lee Chambers — attempted first degree robbery and possession of CDs
Danny Ray Gordon — possession of CDS and eluding
Brian Heath Duncan — DUI
Lionel Anthony Berryman — five counts second-degree forgery
James Clayton Kennedy — two counts possession of CDS, possession of CDS with intent to distribute and possession of firearm in commission of felony
Ann Marie Rule — possession of CDS with intent to distribute and possession of firearm in commission of felony
Jessie Lee Burrola — DUI
Robby Dale Abernathy — knowingly withholding stolen property
Oshay Sadon Brown — possession of stolen property and felonious possession of firearm
Gregory Scott Gilbert — possession of CDS
Cory Deondrick Green — two counts second-degree burglary
Billy Joe Hickman — possession CDS
Angela Lynn Iseley — two counts possession of CDS
Koby Blake Patterson — possession of CDS
Gregory Scott Hacker — assault with a dangerous weapon and malicious injury to property
Dale Allen Isaacs — DUI
Lionel Keith Stubblefield — DUI
Diawanda Ynez Perkins — possession of CDS and knowingly concealing stolen property
Jason Valentine Landeros — two counts possession CDS
Melanie Breann Watkins — trafficking illegal drugs
Derwin Lamont Hunt — assault with dangerous weapon
Taber Allen Knight — second-degree burglary
Joe Lee Hawley — knowingly concealing stolen property
Randy Lee Bryson — possession CDS
Cody Wade Burkett — possession of stolen vehicle
Dillan John Stinson — aggravated assault
Christopher Mark Morris — felonious possession of firearm
Billy Ray Washburn — child abuse
Caleb Martin Dale Vernon — two counts possession of CDS
Michael Jerred Morrison — possession of CDS
