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Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee / Joined 2011 / Served to 2014

Jeff S. Bivins

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Jeff S. Bivins was a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, who joined the court in 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure
2011–2014 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2011Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee––

Education

East Tennessee State University
Vanderbilt University

Judicial Record

In our data, Bivins authored 258 published opinions for the court (2011–2014). Most cited: State of Tennessee v. Dale Keith Larkin (67 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

YearCaseCitationCited
2013State of Tennessee v. Dale Keith Larkin443 S.W.3d 75167
2011State of Tennessee v. Michael W. Parsons437 S.W.3d 45726
2013State of Tennessee v. Jeffrey Kristopher King and Kasey Lynn King437 S.W.3d 85610
2014State of Tennessee v. Stevie Gibson–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Demarcus Ant-Juan Nelson–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Darryl Alan Walker–0
2014State of Tennessee v. June Loudermilk–0
2014Milton L. Kirk Jr. v. State of Tennessee–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Bobby Charles Farley Jr.–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Anthony Antonio Cole–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Dennis Butler–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Norman Branch–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Lavelle Mangrum–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Robert Lee Driskell–0
2014State of Tennessee v. Aaron Guilliams–0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 258 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee reach the bench?
The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Jeff S. Bivins on?
Jeff S. Bivins was a Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Sources

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2 years on the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).