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Recent Posts in Criminal Defense

  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 30-Sep-2013

    Understanding the Fines and Sentencing of a First Offense DUI in Tennessee

    Tennessee Code Annotated §55-10-402 and Tennessee Code Annotated §55-10-403 prescribes the term and means of the sentences and fines related to a DUI offense. If you are charged with DUI, First Offense, you are subjected to a sentence of ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 26-Jul-2013

    Troy L. Bowlin Succeeds in Getting Client's Charge Dismissed

    In a recent case, a customer of a local tire dealer had driven up to get his tires replaced. The tire dealer believed our client to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. They called law enforcement and the client was charged with driving on a ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 22-Jul-2013

    Attorney Bowlin Successfully Brokered Dismissal for Client Charged with Attempted First Degree Murder

    In a recent criminal case, Attorney Troy Bowlin represented a client originally investigated on the charges of Attempted First Degree Murder. The client was being accused of shooting at their spouse in the aftermath of an argument the two were ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 11-Jul-2013

    Troy L. Bowlin Defends Client from Serving Lengthy Prison Sentence

    Morristown criminal defense attorney, Troy L. Bowlin, kept his client out of prison as the court found the defendant to be Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity. Just one of the client's felony charges could have meant as much as 8 years in prison. ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 9-Jul-2013

    DUI Checkpoints and the Fourth Amendment

    An encounter at a DUI checkpoint between a college student and a police officer in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is gaining national attention and sparking much conversation around water coolers about the constitutional validity of DUI checkpoints ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 25-Jun-2013

    Troy L. Bowlin, II Represents West Virginia Man in $1.5 Million Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit

    On June, 24th, the Times-News published an article on one of attorney Bowlin's court cases regarding a wrongful arrest that took place last year during the Rainbow Family Gathering in Cherokee National Forest. Last June, our client, a 60-year-old ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 15-Jan-2013

    Tennessee's Supply of Death Penalty Drug Cut Off

    On January 3, 2012, the Tennessean released an article regarding the state's entire stock of a key lethal injection drug. Since the state is completely out of the critical component of a series of three drugs used humanely kill death row inmates, ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 14-Jan-2013

    Tennessee Supreme Court Interprets Statute of Limitations in Rape Cases

    In December of 2012 the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Jason Burdick who was convicted of the attempted rape of a Davidson County attorney despite the fact that the applicable statute of limitations had expired. The attempted rape ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 10-Jan-2013

    Bean Station Police Chief Resigns After Son Impersonates a Police Officer

    The Bean Station Police Department Chief Phillip Robinette resigned from his position after his 21-year-old son was taken into custody after allegedly impersonating a police officer. On Friday, January 4, 2013, the police chief's son was ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 4-Dec-2012

    Tennessee Supreme Court Defines "Serious Bodily Injury"

    When two different people read the same criminal statute it is possible that those two individuals could come away with two entirely different interpretations of the same sentence. Normally this wouldn't cause much alarm, but when one of the ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 14-Nov-2012

    Double Jeopardy and Orders of Protection

    Most Tennesseans are probably somewhat familiar with the concept of double jeopardy. However, it is unlikely that many Tennesseans understand how double jeopardy protections actually work. Essentially double jeopardy protects a person from being ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 5-Nov-2012

    Tennessee Highway Patrol Planned Sobriety Checkpoints

    No doubt most drivers have encountered some sort of police run roadblock at which they were asked to show their driver's license before they were able to proceed through the roadblock. Such roadblocks are intended to be sobriety checkpoints and ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 30-Oct-2012

    When Selling Prescription Pills Leads to Murder Charge.

    Hamblen County Medical Examiner Tom Thompson reported that last year the number one cause of death for individuals under the age of 65 was overdose. Officials had hoped that the high volume of overdose deaths seen last year would even out and not ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 25-Oct-2012

    Stop and Frisk" Laws in the News

    Stop, Question, Frisk The last few years the stop and frisk policies of the NYPD have come under much scrutiny. A few years ago the NYPD instituted a "Stop, Question, Frisk" program that has been challenged by class action suits and has ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 17-Oct-2012

    Wiretaps- An Invasion of Privacy?

    Knoxville police, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and local prosecutors have assembled a case which has left thirty-one (31) people facing drug charges related to dealing cocaine, marijuana, and pain pills. Authorities say it took two years of ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 3-Oct-2012

    Has Law Enforcement Been Tracking Your Location?

    The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects citizens from "…unreasonable searches…" and for years the Supreme Court has produced a large amount of case law interpreting that protection. For years courts ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 26-Sep-2012

    What is a Presentment? Avoiding the General Sessions Court

    Presentment Criminal Law A person can be arrested whenever they commit a crime in the presence of a police officer. But what happens when police conduct an investigation involving drugs, involving confidential informants and surveillance? How is a ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 20-Sep-2012

    Right to Remain Silent

    The high-profile murder trial of the woman accused of killing a Monroe County election official recently came to close. Jessica Kennedy was accused of first degree murder in the shooting death of Jim Miller. One of the key pieces of evidence that ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 30-Aug-2012

    Retailers are Criminally Liable for Synthetic Drugs

    As most members of the public have heard by now, there are new drugs on the market. These drugs are giving law makers a fit as they try and pass laws to regulate them, and business owners are caught in the mix. Whether it be bath salts, mimicking ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 23-Aug-2012

    Some Criminal Records Don't Have To Last A Lifetime

    The best answer for keeping your record "clean" of criminal convictions is to avoid getting convicted of a crime. However, that is not always an option for people. Up until July of this year Tennessee allowed for certain misdemeanor ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 15-Aug-2012

    When Seatbelt Violations Lead To Serious Criminal Charges

    In recent weeks a Hawkins County traffic stop for a seatbelt violation led to the discovery of seven "one pot" meth labs. This type of arrest is becoming all too common in East Tennessee as police stop more and more motorists for seatbelt ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 8-Aug-2012

    Local Judge Grants Search Warrant for Blood Under "No Refusal" Law

    In recent weeks a Hamblen County single car accident caused a local Hamblen County Judge to sign a search warrant which allowed the Tennessee Highway Patrol to take the drivers blood despite the driver's refusal to give the sample. This result ...
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  • Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 30-Jul-2012

    Welcome to our Hamblen Criminal Defense Blog

    Our attorneys are pleased to announce the launch of our Hamblen County Criminal Defense Blog with an RSS feed available here.
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