The appellant, Larry Anthony Crosley, challenges the trial court’s denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) motion challenging his sentence of life imprisonment based on the trial court’s finding that he qualified as a Prison Releasee Reoffender (PRR). The State has conceded error, and we find that the appellant’s conviction for burglary with assault or battery does not qualif... More...   $0 (05-14-2018 - FL)

The facts of this tragic case, which arises out of events that transpired more than forty years ago, are set forth in considerable detail in the habeas court’s memorandum of decision and in this court’s decision on the petitioner’s direct appeal.2 See State v. Skakel, supra, 276 Conn. 640–53. For present purposes, we focus our attention on those facts and procedural history that are most relevant ... More...   $0 (05-05-2018 - FL)

The 18-year-old victim was walking home around 10:30 pm from her job at
Aventura Mall when the Appellant drove up beside her and repeatedly asked her to
get in the car. Because it was raining heavily, she got in. The Appellant did not go
in the direction of her house, but drove in another direction and then offered her
money to have sex with him. When she refused and tried t... More...   $0 (04-09-2018 - FL)

In the fall of 2014, a University of West Florida sophomore invited Robinson up to her dorm room. The young woman had met Robinson the day before, and Robinson asked if he could visit her while he was on campus. Inside her dorm room, the two talked for a while before eventually kissing. The young woman was okay with kissing, but Robinson did not stop there. He soon became more aggressive, closed t... More...   $0 (04-09-2018 - FL)

On January 6, 2015, six friends gathered for a birthday dinner at Los Rancheros Mexican Restaurant in Pensacola. After dinner, the friends were hanging out in the parking lot when Bonner approached them with a firearm and demanded money. Bonner moved towards the first victim and pointed the firearm directly at him, within inches from his head, and demanded money. Once Bonner realized the victim di... More...   $0 (04-09-2018 - FL)

Los Angeles, CA - Kenneth Eade sued Investorhub.com, Inc. on libel, slander and assault theories.... More...   $0 (07-12-2011 - FL)

Appellant, James Neil Wallace, challenges his conviction for aggravated assault and raises two issues on appeal, only one of which merits discussion. Appellant argues, and we agree, that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. We, therefore, reverse the conviction and remand. The State charged Appellant with two counts of aggravated assault by threat with a deadly... More...   $0 (03-28-2018 - FL)

Bruce Allen Williams Jr. was charged with four counts of robbery with a firearm and two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. Judge Frank Bell presided over the trial, and the jury found Williams guilty as charged. This is Williams’s appeal. Before sentencing, Judge Bell announced he would recuse from further proceedings, meaning another judge would impose sentence. In a jointly filed motio... More...   $0 (03-28-2018 - FL)

At trial, defense counsel announced that he had no objection to the state introducing a redacted version of the recorded interview, during which the following exchange occurred between Detective Monroe and Kines:

THE DETECTIVE: . . . . Let me explain to you how this works. Okay. When someone alleges that they’ve been sexually assaulted, okay, we do a Sexual Assault Kit on them. And b... More...   $0 (03-28-2018 - FL)

Roberts was charged with attempted second-degree murder, sale or
possession with intent to sell cannabis while armed, carrying a concealed firearm,
failure of defendant on bail to appear, and possession of less than twenty grams of
cannabis. She pled guilty to carrying a concealed firearm and possession of less
than twenty grams of cannabis. A jury found her guilty of the rem... More...   $0 (03-26-2018 - FL)

On March 30, 2010, Johnson and codefendants Quentin Truehill1 and Peter
Hughes escaped custody at Avoyelles Parish Sherriff’s Office in Marksville,
Louisiana. Johnson and his codefendants stole a truck and traveled to Florida,
committing a series of violent crimes along the way, including the kidnapping and
killing of Vincent Binder.
On the day of their escape, the code... More...   $0 (03-25-2018 - FL)

Orland, FL - Illegal Alien Sentenced To Five Years For Possession Of Loaded Firearms And Felony Assault On A Federal Officer

U.S. District Court Judge Carlos E. Mendoza sentenced Oniel Christopher Russell, a/k/a “O G Russell” (40, Jamaican national), to five years in federal prison for possessing two loaded firearms while being in the United States illegally, and for committing a felony a... More...   $0 (03-12-2018 - FL)

Edwin Deshazior appeals his 180 month sentence following his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He argues that he should not have received a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(e)(1) and 924(e)(2)(B), because he did not have three prior convictions for violent felonies under the act and because his prior felon... More...   $0 (02-21-2018 - FL)

Tampa, FL - Tampa’s Largest Ambulance Providers Agree To Pay $5.5 Million To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Regarding Medically Unnecessary Ambulance Transports

AmeriCare Ambulance Service, Inc. and its sister company, AmeriCare ALS, Inc. (collectively, AmeriCare), have agreed to pay approximately $5.5 million to resolve allegations that they defrauded Medicare by billing for medica... More...   $5500000 (01-31-2018 - FL)

The defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence for aggravated assault with a firearm. We affirm the defendant’s conviction on all arguments raised, without further discussion.

As to the defendant’s sentence, he concedes that he was properly sentenced to twenty years in prison pursuant to section 775.087, Florida Statutes, more commonly known as the “10-20-Life” statute. See 77... More...   $0 (01-10-2018 - FL)

Juan F. Perez appeals his convictions for aggravated battery with a firearm and
aggravated assault with a firearm. We affirm without prejudice to Perez filing a timely,
facially sufficient motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure
3.850. ... More...   $0 (12-31-2017 - FL)

In 1995, Garcia pleaded guilty to committing aggravated assault with a
firearm, and was sentenced to probation. While on probation, in 1996, Garcia
committed armed robbery. A jury found Garcia guilty of the armed robbery
charge, and he was sentenced, in 1999, to forty years in state prison, with a fifteen
year minimum mandatory sentence, as an habitual violent felony offender... More...   $0 (12-31-2017 - FL)

On Saturday, April 27, 2002, Ana Maria Angel and Nelson Portobanco, both
high school students, decided to go for a walk on the beach in Miami Beach after a
dinner date. After walking along the beach for a while, the couple decided to
return to their vehicle. By this time, Lebron and his four codefendants (Cesar

1. We have juri... More...   $0 (12-31-2017 - FL)

The judgment erroneously cites to section 782.07, Florida Statutes (2015), for the crime of burglary of a
dwelling with an assault or battery and a firearm when the correct statutory citation is
section 810.02(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2015), and erroneously cites to section
810.02(2)(a) for the crime of aggravated assault with a firearm when the correct citation
is section 784... More...   $0 (12-22-2017 - FL)

On Saturday, April 27, 2002, Ana Maria Angel and Nelson Portobanco, both
high school students, decided to go for a walk on the beach in Miami Beach after a
dinner date. After walking along the beach for a while, the couple decided to
return to their vehicle. By this time, Lebron and his four codefendants (Cesar

1. We have juri... More...   $0 (12-21-2017 - FL)

The relevant factual allegations, with one notable exception,1 are not in
dispute:
Jules was a citizen of Haiti living in Miami, Florida. In 1993, Jules obtained
legal permanent resident status.
In September 1994, Jules was arrested and was subsequently charged with
seven crimes: three counts of attempted first-degree murder; one count of armed
burglary; one count ... More...   $0 (12-02-2017 - FL)

Knight was charged in Count II of the information with robbery based on the
taking of property “by force, violence, assault or putting in fear . . . in violation of
812.13 Florida Statutes . . . .” These are the elements of a simple robbery, a
second-degree felony under section 812.13(2)(c), Florida Statutes (1977), for
which the maximum sentence is 15 years under section 775.... More...   $0 (12-02-2017 - FL)

In 1998, Morrison was convicted of “first-degree murder for the January 8,
1997, killing of Albert Dwelle, which occurred during the course of a robbery upon
Dwelle in his apartment in Duval County,” and “armed robbery with a deadly
weapon and burglary of a dwelling with intent to commit a battery, with an assault
or battery on Dwelle.” Morrison v. State, 818 So. 2d 432, 437 (... More...   $0 (11-18-2017 - FL)

Following a jury trial, Pamphile was convicted of robbery with a firearm, aggravated
assault with a firearm, and third-degree grand theft. This court affirmed his convictions
and sentences. Pamphile v. State, 113 So. 3d 949 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013).
In ground three of his rule 3.850 motion, Pamphile alleged that his trial counsel
was ineffective by failing to object to improper... More...   $0 (11-13-2017 - FL)

Darrius Montgomery, seventeen years old at the time he committed his offenses,
was convicted of attempted robbery with a firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm,
aggravated battery with a firearm, and attempted felony murder with a firearm. On each
count, the jury found that he discharged a firearm resulting in great bodily harm but not
death. Montgomery was later sentence... More...   $0 (11-13-2017 - FL)

Catherine Pileggi (“Defendant”) appeals her judgment of conviction for second degree murder. Defendant raises two arguments on appeal: (1) the trial court erred in denying her motion for judgment of acquittal; and (2) she was denied due process by not being given the opportunity to perform an independent autopsy. The State cross-appeals, arguing that in the event of reversal, the court improperl... More...   $0 (11-13-2017 - FL)

Appellant appeals his convictions for two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, challenging the admission of a video recording and the trial court’s refusal to instruct the jury on a lesser included offense. We find no error in admitting the video recording into evidence. However, we find that, based on the charging document and evidence adduced at trial, improper exhibition of a firearm ... More...   $0 (11-01-2017 - FL)

In light of this Court’s en banc decision in United States v. Vail-Bailon, 868 F.3d 1293 (11th Cir. 2017), we hereby vacate our prior panel opinion, published at 842 F.3d 1299, and substitute it with the following opinion, which has been revised only in Section II.D. Accordingly, Defendant’s motion for panel rehearing is denied as moot.
A jury convicted defendant Robert Green of being a felon ... More...   $0 (10-01-2017 - FL)

Tampa, FL - Florida Men Sentenced for Assault and Cross Burning Aimed at Intimidating an Interracial Couple Living Next Door

Thomas Herris Sigler, III, 46, and William A. Dennis, 56, were sentenced to serve 33 and 21 months incarceration, respectively. Sigler and Dennis both pled guilty to civil rights violations for their roles in attacking and intimidating an interracial couple in Port ... More...   $0 (08-30-2017 - FL)

This appeal requires us to decide whether Florida felony battery is a crime of
violence under the Sentencing Guidelines. Defendant Eddy Wilmer Vail-Bailon
was convicted in 2014 of illegally reentering the United States, in violation of 8
U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and (b)(1), after having been deported following a conviction
for felony battery under Florida Statute § 784.041. Base... More...   $0 (08-25-2017 - FL)

We previously affirmed Appellant’s sentence for aggravated assault and
possession of firearm by a convicted felon based on our en banc decision in Walton v. State, 106 So. 3d 522 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013), which held that mandatory minimums under the 10-20-Life statute must be imposed consecutively regardless of whether the defendant possessed or discharged a firearm. However, the Florida
Sup... More...   $0 (07-06-2017 - FL)

The charges against Appellant stem from an incident late at night at a convenience store. According to the State,1 Appellant was in the store when he pulled a concealed firearm from his waistband and waved it around. Appellant stated that he wanted to kill or shoot someone that night, pointed the gun at a store employee, and later ordered both customers and employees alike out of the store. Bas... More...   $0 (07-06-2017 - FL)

Appellant Kevin Cutts was charged by indictment with first degree murder and armed burglary with assault. He was a juvenile at the time of the offense but was prosecuted as an adult. He pled guilty to murder and to burglary, and was initially sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1997. In 2015, appellant filed a motion for post-conviction relief and to correct illegal sentence, argu... More...   $0 (07-06-2017 - FL)

A Lancaster County grand jury indicted Thompson for first-degree burglary and attempted murder based on allegations he broke into Keasia Drafton's apartment and tried to kill her on July 2, 2014.1 Before trial, Thompson moved to suppress a trespass notice letter stating he was banned from the apartment complex where Drafton lived. Thompson argued (1) the letter was irrelevant, (2) the letter pres... More...   $0 (06-19-2017 - FL)

Lindsey raises four issues in this direct appeal from his conviction and
sentence for first-degree murder, burglary of a dwelling, and grand theft auto. We
affirm in all respects and write only to address Lindsey’s argument that the trial court
abused its discretion by denying his pretrial motion to sever the burglary charge from
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the murder and theft charges. Beca... More...   $0 (06-19-2017 - FL)

On June 25, 1996, Michael Zack was indicted for the sexual assault,
robbery, and first-degree murder of Ravonne Smith. We described the facts of the
case on direct appeal as follows:
Although the murder of Smith took place on June 13, 1996, the chain of events which culminated in this murder began on June 4, 1996, when Edith Pope (Pope), a bartender in Tallahassee, lent her car t... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - FL)

In 2007, Braddy was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree
murder, two counts of kidnapping, burglary of a structure with an assault or battery
therein, child neglect causing great bodily harm, and attempted escape. Braddy v.
State, 111 So. 3d 810, 826 (Fla. 2012). On appeal, this Court set out the facts of
the crimes:
The evidence presented at Braddy’s... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - FL)

Hall was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of Anthony
Bernard Blunt. On direct appeal, this Court described the background of this case
as follows:
The evidence at trial revealed that on September 8, 2006, 22year-old Hall learned that his girlfriend, 18-year-old Angel Glenn, had been hired to dance and strip at a house party that night. Angel had been told she w... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - FL)

Gilchrease had rented an efficiency from Etta McKensie for about six
months prior to the February 28 incident. Sometime in January, water to the
efficiency was turned off. On February 25, the electricity was turned off.
Gilchrease confronted Ms. McKensie about the utilities, and, according to Ms.
McKensie, Gilchrease threatened her and pulled out the chair she was sitting on... More...   $0 (05-24-2017 - FL)

The victim in this case testified that Appellant and several other individuals jumped him, Appellant hit him in the face with a gun, and the victim’s cell phone and thirty dollars in cash were stolen. In addition to counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, Appellant was also charged with grand theft in the third ... More...   $0 (05-24-2017 - FL)