Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals

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Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals
Court information
Judges:	12
Judicial selection
Method:	Commission selection, political appointment
Term:	8 years
Active judges
Thomas T. Woodall  •  James Witt  •  John Everett Williams  •  Robert Wedemeyer  •  Joseph Tipton  •  D. Kelly Thomas  •  Jerry L. Smith  •  Norma McGee Ogle  •  Camille McMullen  •  Alan Glenn  •  Jeff Bivins  •  Roger A. Page  •

The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals is an intermediate appellate court in Tennessee. It hears appeals of criminal cases in the state; appeals of civil cases go to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.

The court consists of 12 judges that sit in three-person panels to hear cases. Decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeals may be appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court, and capital cases are appealed to the Supreme Court automatically.

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals judges, seated (from left to right): Thomas T. Woodall, David Welles, Presiding Judge Joseph Tipton, Jerry L. Smith, James Witt; standing (from left to right): D. Kelly Thomas, Robert Wedemeyer, Norma McGee Ogle, John Everett Williams, Alan Glenn, J.C. McLin, and Camille McMullen.

Current judges

Criminal Appeals judges serve eight-year terms. Judges on the court are selected using the Tennessee Plan.

Judge	Term	Division	Appointed by	Party
Judge Thomas T. Woodall	1996-2014
Judge James Witt	1997-2014
Judge John Everett Williams	1998-2014
Judge Robert Wedemeyer	2000-2014		Gov. Don Sundquist
Presiding Judge Joseph Tipton	1990-9/2014
Judge D. Kelly Thomas	2006-2016		Gov. Phil Bredesen
Judge Jerry L. Smith	1995-2014
Judge Norma McGee Ogle	1998-2014
Judge Camille McMullen	2008-present		Gov. Phil Bredesen
Judge Alan Glenn	1999-2014
Judge Jeff Bivins	2011-2020		Gov. Bill Haslam
Judge Roger A. Page	2011-2020		Gov. Bill Haslam

See also

• News: Three candidates forwarded to Governor Haslam for Court of Criminal Appeals vacancy
• News: Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge J.C. McLin dead at 64
• News: Tennessee Court of Appeals upholds trial court ruling that Davy Crocket's marriage licence be returned

External links

• The Appellate Courts Of Tennessee
• Opinions of the Court of Criminal Appeals
• Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals
• List of Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals

References

2012

To organize the columns, click on the arrows in the column heading.

Judge	Incumbency	Retention vote	Retention Vote %
BivinsJeff Bivins   A	Yes		71.15%A
PageRoger A. Page   A	Yes		71.16%A

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