On November 8, 2012, Sergeant Bruce Carver, an officer with the sheriff’s
department, became aware of a 2008 Mazda sedan following too closely behind a tanker
truck carrying explosive liquids in Biloxi, Mississippi. Accordingly, Sergeant Carver made
a traffic stop of the vehicle. Deputy Brandon Hendry assisted in the stop. Ruiz, a legal
United States citizen originally from the ... More...   $56000 (09-29-2016 - MS)

The State presented evidence at trial tending to establish the following facts:
“Mary” is the daughter of Defendant and J.C.1 Defendant did not live with Mary or
J.C. but had regular visits with Mary on Thursdays and every other weekend.
In 2012, when Mary was 13 years old, Defendant began taking her on drives
in his truck during their visits. Defendant would drive to variou... More...   $0 (09-19-2016 - NC)

¶1 Section 1911(b) of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901-1968 (1978), controls a motion to transfer a child-custody proceeding from state court to tribal court where the child is an Indian child under the statutory definition. The questions presented to this Court are whether the district court erred when it (1) found ICWA applicable to a case where the child was not an Indian ... More...   $0 (09-13-2016 - OK)

On November 9, 2015, a jury found Appellant guilty of the offense of DWI
Misdemeanor Repetition, and the trial court assessed his punishment at 180
days’ confinement in the Tarrant County Jail and a fine of $500. The trial court
suspended Appellant’s sentence and placed him on community supervision for
twenty-four months. On the same date, November 9, 2015, Appellant filed a <... More...   $0 (09-12-2016 - TX)

A jury convicted Elton Sherman of first-degree felony murder for the killing of Cecilio Mendez done while committing an aggravated battery against William Chirod Lewis. It was undisputed at trial that Sherman and Lewis knew each other—Lewis' wife was Sherman's girlfriend's sister. The two would see each other at family gatherings but were not close friends. On the night of the killing, both Lewis ... More...   $0 (09-09-2016 - KS)

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Daniel W. E., was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (2) and one count of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 2001) § 53-21 (a) (2). The victim, his daughter, was between six and nine years old at the time of the assaults. The trial court rendered judgm... More...   $0 (09-07-2016 - CT)

In 2011, the Appellant, Tracey Cassetty, was charged with felony theft by
unlawful taking. He appeared before Judge Tyler Gill and entered into a
diversion agreement with several conditions, including his entering a guilty
plea with a recommended sentence of five years, paying restitution that day,
and remaining drug free and subject to random testing. The court also entered More...   $0 (09-04-2016 - KY)

The record indicates that in early 2006, the alleged victim in this case,
"Jane," was residing at the Genesis Home in Mayfield, Graves County,
Kentucky. At that time the Mayfield Genesis Home provided group-home
services to girls. According to the Commonwealth, Jane had been sent there in
conjunction with a juvenile prosecution. Jane revealed to one of the home's
counselor... More...   $0 (09-04-2016 - KY)

In 2011, the Appellant, Tracey Cassetty, was charged with felony theft by
unlawful taking. He appeared before Judge Tyler Gill and entered into a
diversion agreement with several conditions, including his entering a guilty
plea with a recommended sentence of five years, paying restitution that day,
and remaining drug free and subject to random testing. The court also entered More...   $0 (09-04-2016 - KY)

In 2011, the Appellant, Tracey Cassetty, was charged with felony theft by
unlawful taking. He appeared before Judge Tyler Gill and entered into a
diversion agreement with several conditions, including his entering a guilty
plea with a recommended sentence of five years, paying restitution that day,
and remaining drug free and subject to random testing. The court also entered More...   $0 (09-04-2016 - KY)

The Trans Alaska Pipeline System is the sole means of transporting oil from Alaska’s North Slope to the shipping terminal at Valdez, Alaska, roughly 800 miles to the south. Oil companies deposit crude oil extracted from their fields on the North Slope into the pipeline at its northern point. Although the companies’ crude oil deposits differ in ways that affect their respective market values, the... More...   $0 (08-30-2016 - dc)

In this appeal, Martice Spears appeals his criminal convictions and sentences in two unrelated cases, CF13-3400 (possession of a firearm by a convicted felon) and CF14-0275 (grand theft). The trial court sentenced Spears to twelve years' imprisonment for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in CF13-3400, to run consecutively with the already imposed five-year sentence in CF14-0275. We va... More...   $0 (08-29-2016 - FL)

¶ 1 After a fourteen-year-old student at Juan Diego Catholic High School suffered serious and life-threatening injuries in his drama class, his parents filed a lawsuit, individually and as parents and guardians of the student. They asserted negligence and vicarious liability claims and also sought to bring a personal claim for loss of filial consortium. The district court dismissed the loss of fil... More...   $0 (08-25-2016 - UT)

This case presents serious questions concerning the role of the Fourth Amendment in the confrontation on the street between the citizen and the policeman investigating suspicious circumstances.

Petitioner Terry was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon and sentenced to the statutorily prescribed term of one to three years in the penitentiary. 1 Following the denial of a pret... More...   $0 (08-24-2016 - OK)

We recently confronted the thorny problem what to do when an executive
agency, exercising delegated legislative authority, seeks to overrule a judicial
precedent interpreting a congressional statute. In our constitutional history, after
all, judicial declarations of what the law is haven’t often been thought subject to
revision by the executive, let alone by an executive endowed wi... More...   $0 (08-24-2016 - OK)

We recently confronted the thorny problem what to do when an executive
agency, exercising delegated legislative authority, seeks to overrule a judicial
precedent interpreting a congressional statute. In our constitutional history, after
all, judicial declarations of what the law is haven’t often been thought subject to
revision by the executive, let alone by an executive endowed wi... More...   $0 (08-23-2016 - OK)

A jury convicted the defendant, Linda Mayotte,
of rape of a child, G. L. c. 265, § 23 (three indictments);
indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of
fourteen, G. L. c. 265, § 13B (five indictments); indecent
assault and battery on a child over the age of fourteen, G. L.
c. 265, § 13H (five indictments); incest, G. L. c. 272, § 17;
reckless endangerment ... More...   $0 (08-21-2016 - MA)

In the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Congress determined that transactions in securities conducted over
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exchanges and over-the-counter markets were “affected with a national public interest which makes it necessary to provide for regulation and control of such transactions and of practices and matters related thereto.” 15 U.S.C. § 78b. To carry out the regulation of the securities m... More...   $0 (08-17-2016 - DC)

In 1996, defendant entered a plea of nolo contendere to all counts of a twenty-seven
count indictment that charged him with first-degree child molestation sexual assault, second
degree child molestation sexual assault, first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault,
and assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual assault upon more than one victim. In total,
the ... More...   $0 (08-16-2016 - RI)

In recent years, the United States and Connecticut Supreme Courts have made major changes in the jurisprudence relating to juvenile sentencing.The law now requires that juvenile offenders facing life without parole or its functional equivalent are entitled to individual consideration that takes into account the mitigating factors of their youth. This case concerns the important question of where ... More...   $0 (08-15-2016 - CT)

In 1981, the petitioner, Frederick Clay, was convicted of murder in the first degree. The victim was a Boston taxicab driver. When the crime was committed in 1979, 1 Justice Duffly participated in the deliberation on this case prior to her retirement. Clay was a juvenile. He was sentenced to serve the statutorily mandated term of life in prison without the possibility of parole, see G. L. c.... More...   $0 (08-13-2016 - MA)

On October 21, 2015, Respondents/Proponents Shawn Sheehan, Linda Reid, and Melvin Moran (Respondents) filed Initiative Petition No. 403 (State Question No. 779), with the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The petition seeks to amend the Oklahoma Constitution by adding a new Article 13-C. The proposed article creates the Oklahoma Education Improvement Fund, designed to provide for the improvement of pub... More...   $0 (07-29-2016 - Ok)

This case comes before us after the United States Supreme Court vacated our decision in State v. Cheever, 295 Kan. 229, 284 P.3d 1007 (2012), vacated and remanded 571 U.S. ___, 134 S. Ct. 596, 187 L. Ed. 2d 519 (2013), and remanded for further proceedings.

In our decision, we had held that defendant Scott D. Cheever did not waive his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fi... More...   $0 (07-29-2016 - KS)

Consistent with our well-settled standard of appellate review, we recite the
relevant facts most favorable to the jury’s verdicts. Patel was born in the United
States to immigrants from India in September 1980. She lived in a home in
Granger with her parents and paternal grandparents, and she managed Moe’s, a
restaurant in Mishawaka owned by her father. In approximately Augu... More...   $0 (07-23-2016 - IN)

¶1 On October 21, 2015, Respondents/Proponents Shawn Sheehan, Linda Reid, and Melvin Moran (Respondents) filed Initiative Petition No. 403 (State Question No. 779), with the Oklahoma Secretary of State. The petition seeks to amend the Oklahoma Constitution by adding a new Article 13-C. The proposed article creates the Oklahoma Education Improvement Fund, designed to provide for the improvement of ... More...   $0 (07-18-2016 - OK)