The State filed nine separate indictments against Taylor for his improper sexual
relationship with Tara Jones’ fourteen-year-old daughter, Cindy Jones.2 In his consolidated trial,
Tara testified that she discovered Cindy’s relationship with thirty-two-year-old Taylor when she
confiscated Cindy’s cell phone and read several lewd text-message exchanges between Taylor and
her chi... More...   $0 (08-03-2018 - TX)

Penny Bartley lived in California with her six biological children, including her daughters,
Jaime and Melisa. As an adult, Jaime also lived in California and had six children. Because she
was unable to care for them, Jaime often asked Penny to take her children. Jaime’s personal
situation did not improve, and several of her children were physically and sexually abused by
Ja... More...   $0 (08-03-2018 - TX)

This appeal requires us to decide whether the District Court correctly refused to enjoin the defendant School District from allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with the students’ gender identities as opposed to the sex they were determined to have at birth. The plaintiffs—a group of high school students who identify as being the same sex they were de... More...   $0 (08-02-2018 - PA)

Aluiso’s daughter, pseudonymously referred to as Ann, testified. She said
her parents separated when she was seven years old. After that, she would move
frequently between the homes of her mother, father, grandmother, and other
relatives. When she was with her father, she and her brother would take turns
sleeping in the bed with him and on a small mattress on the floor. When sh... More...   $0 (08-02-2018 - TX)

Josie was born in 1997, three years after her parents, Lilly and Ron, were
married.2 Zurita is Ron’s brother and Josie’s uncle.
When Josie started public school, she was diagnosed with mild intellectual
disability and ADHD. She was placed in special education classes through age 13.
After that, she was homeschooled.
Josie was 18 years old at time of trial. She does ... More...   $0 (08-02-2018 - TX)

Veronica Parga-Lopez, formerly the assistant property manager and a tenant
at the Wimbledon Apartments in Spring, Texas (the “apartment complex”),
testified that in July 2010, appellant lived with her mother in an apartment near
Parga-Lopez. Appellant would often come to see Parga-Lopez in the leasing
office, “boo-hooing, . . . always crying, always depressed, always, . . . hy... More...   $0 (08-02-2018 - TX)

The present prosecution had its origin in a 911 call made by Iverson from
13 his apartment in the Town of Tonawanda, New York. In the course of ensuing
14 interviews by officers of the Tonawanda Police Department ("TPD"), narcotics and
15 drug distribution paraphernalia were discovered in Iverson's apartment; pursuant to
1 a subsequent search warrant, a firearm, ammunition, and o... More...   $0 (08-02-2018 - )

Austin, TX - Veronique De La Rosa and Leonard Pozner, the parents of Noah Pozner, age 6, who was killed in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School sued Alex Jones on a defamation theory claiming that they were tormented by Jone's ... More...   $0 (08-02-2018 - TX)

When an employee resigns without notice, California law requires the employer to
pay all wages within 72 hours. (Lab. Code § 202, subd. (a)1
.) If the employer willfully
fails to do so, the employee’s wages continue as a penalty from that due date until the
wages are paid, for up to 30 days. (§ 203.) This case considers an award of these
“waiting time” penalties, as well as an ... More...   $0 (08-02-2018 - CA)

Defendant Lucas Dwight appeals the trial court’s restitution order requiring him to pay dental expenses resulting from defendant’s conviction for simple assault. Defendant raises two main issues: (1) whether the court erred in awarding restitution for expenses that complainant’s father paid on complainant’s behalf; and (2) whether the ordered repayment schedule, which considered defendant’s e... More...   $0 (08-01-2018 - VT)

This court summarized the facts underlying the Petitioner’s convictions in the Petitioner’s direct appeal opinion as the following:
This case involves the October 30, 2009 shooting death of Dickey Lassiter at his home in Sumner County, Tennessee. [The Petitioner] was arrested for the murder of the victim after being found in possession of a twelve-gauge shotgun while in a vehicle parked in the... More...   $0 (08-01-2018 - TN)

A mother appeals from a child custody order. The family
court ruled Father was a domestic abuser but then awarded child
custody jointly to Father and Mother, with Father getting most of
the visitation time. A statute applies to this situation. The
Legislature passed this statute to move courts to give heavier
weight to the existence of domestic violence. The statute requiresMore...   $0 (07-31-2018 - CA)

In February 2017, police responded to a loud party complaint at Hoffman’s
residence. Upon arrival, police overhead someone talking about getting another beer and
observed a sign in the home which read “Liquor before beer and you’re in the clear.” Alcohol
was found in the kitchen and the garage contained marijuana and scales. Hoffman was
ultimately charged with permitting und... More...   $0 (07-31-2018 - OH)

In April 2015, Dayton’s children, M.R.D., M.A.D., M.D., and I.D., as
well as Dayton’s stepdaughter, P.W., were removed from Dayton’s home following
an allegation by P.W. that Jessica Dayton (“Jessica”), Dayton’s wife, was physically
abusing M.R.D. and M.A.D. At first, Dayton was permitted to visit with his children
because only Jessica was charged with endangering children. H... More...   $0 (07-31-2018 - OH)

Macon, GA - Jury Finds Isaac J. Culver, III And His Company Guilty Of All Charges For Scheme To Defraud Bibb County School District

Isaac J. Culver, III, age 48, Lizella, Georgia, and his corporation, Progressive Consulting Technologies, Inc. (PCTI) were found guilty by a jury of his peers for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, ten (10) counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud... More...   $0 (07-31-2018 - GA)

For a single day in February 2016, Marnika Lewis and Antoin Adams secured a pay raise. The Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, William Bell, had just affixed his signature to Birmingham Ordinance No. 16-28, which guaranteed Lewis, Adams, and all other wage earners in the city $10.10 per hour. But the following afternoon, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed the Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act (The ... More...   $0 (07-31-2018 - AL)

In July 2010, twelve-year-old P.H. wrote a letter to her brother’s girlfriend, in which she
accused Cabrera, a close family friend, of raping her. Following the outcry, P.H. had a forensic
interview at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, where she revealed the extent of Cabrera’s
sexual abuse. After Cabrera was arrested, he was interviewed by Detective Bryan Snyder of the
... More...   $0 (07-30-2018 - TX)

The first trial of this case resulted in a mistrial. The following evidence was adduced when
the case was retried:
Appellant began sleeping with his daughter BC, the complainant, and her sister after his
divorce from the children’s mother, Mariana Hernandez. BC was seven or eight years old when
appellant started abusing her. BC said that appellant put his finger in her vagi... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - TX)

We must decide whether the Second Amendment encompasses the right of a responsible law-abiding citizen to carry a firearm openly for self-defense outside of the home.
I
A
George Young wishes to carry a firearm publicly for personal self-defense in the State of Hawaii. He twice in 2011 applied for a license to carry a handgun, either concealed or openly. His application was denied each ... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - HI)

The Establishment Clause serves intertwined purposes, pertaining to individual freedom and the democratic nature of our system of government. The Clause protects “the individual’s freedom to believe, to worship, and to express himself in accordance with the dictates of his own conscience.” Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38, 49 (1985). It likewise ensures that the government in no way acts to make be... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - CA)

Petitioner Abelino Manriquez filed an original habeas corpus petition in
this court seeking relief from his multiple murder convictions and death sentence.
We issued an order to show cause with respect to petitioner’s claim that
prejudicial juror misconduct occurred when a juror did not timely disclose a
history of childhood abuse.
After an evidentiary hearing, the referee foun... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - CA)

Roy D. Brown appeals the trial court's judgment denying his presentencing motion to withdraw plea. He also challenges an alleged error concerning his journal entry of judgment. Brown's plea withdrawal argument hinges on his belief the trial court abused its discretion when it found that his attorneys did not coerce him to accept his plea agreement or to enter his plea. Brown also argues that his... More...   $0 (07-28-2018 - KS)

Around 10 p.m. one evening in November 2015, a Dickinson County Sheriff's Deputy stopped a minivan after he saw it cross the center line twice. When the officer walked up to the driver's side of the minivan he told Patidar that he was driving all over the road. Patidar reeked of alcohol and the officer asked him to step out of the car so he could be sure if the odor was coming from the minivan or ... More...   $0 (07-28-2018 - KS)

In April 2016, Crystal Beck agreed to work with law enforcement as a confidential informant after facing her own potential distribution charge. Beck worked with Emporia and Lyon County law enforcement. Although she was not being paid when the transactions with Hall occurred, she eventually became a paid informant. She estimated she made 15 to 20 controlled purchases as an informant. Beck typically... More...   $0 (07-28-2018 - KS)