State of Tennessee v. Julia M. Ward

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE October 29, 2002 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JULIA M. WARD Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Knox County No. 68911 Mary Beth Leibowitz, Judge No. E2002-01381-CCA-R9-CD May 12, 2003 The Defendant, a teacher, was indicted for three counts of assault against one of her students. She offered to enter a plea of nolo contendere on Count II in exchange for judicial diversion and the dismissal of the remaining two counts. The State rejected the Defendant’s plea of nolo contendere and maintained that the Defendant would have to plead…