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Friday, May 25, 2012
State Supreme Court Denies New Trial The Tennessee Supreme Court is overturning a special judge's decision to order new trials for three murder defendants after the judge in their original trial pleaded guilty to official misconduct. The court ruled yesterday that the order for new trials for Lemaricus Davidson, Letalvis Cobbins and George Thomas must be vacated because the defendants had not shown former Judge Richard Baumgartner's misconduct outside the courtroom affected their trials.
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