Petitioner is charged with first-degree murder, a capital offense, and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and accessory after the fact to first-degree murder, offenses which are punishable by life imprisonment. See § 782.04(1), Fla. Stat. Article I, section 14, of the Florida Constitution states: Pretrial release and detention.— 2 Unless charged with a capital offense or an offense... More...   $0 (09-22-2018 - FL)

Terrence H. Blair is appealing from his sentence of incarceration. He assigns a single error for our consideration: THE TRIAL COURT ERRED TO THE PREJUDICE OF APPELLANT BY IMPROPERLY SENTENCING HIM TO CONSECUTIVE TERMS OF INCARCERATION IN CONTRAVENTION OF OHIO'S SENTENCING STATUTES. {¶ 2} Blair entered into a plea bargain under the terms of which he pled guilty to two charges of aggravated robb... More...   $0 (09-22-2018 - OH)

In these consolidated appeals, defendant-appellant, Derrick Wade, appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas following a jury trial in which he was found guilty of murder in case No. 15CR-6089. Appellant also appeals from an entry of the trial court which denied his motion to withdraw guilty plea in case No. 13CR-1788. {¶ 2} On April 1, ... More...   $0 (09-22-2018 - OH)

In February 2017, Henderson was indicted on six counts: two counts of felonious assault in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(2), both second-degree felonies, with one- and three-year firearm specifications; one count of discharging a firearm on or near prohibited premises in violation of R.C. 2923.162, a third-degree felony, with one- and three-year firearm specifications; one count of domestic vi... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

Crosby called his cousin requesting the victim’s contact information. Crosby
intended to buy drugs from the victim and called to set up a deal. The victim brought a
friend along; both of them were carrying firearms. The victim and his friend were
driving around the area of East 93rd Street and Quebec Avenue in Cleveland. During
that time, Crosby and a second person were tex... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

In March 2017, Williams was indicted on the following charges: Count 1, aggravated murder (victim Yanetta); Count 2, murder (victim Yanetta); Count 3, felonious assault (victim Yanetta); Count 4, attempted murder (victim Schilling); Count 5, felonious assault (victim Schilling); and Count 6, having weapons while under disability. With the exception of Count 6, the charges had accompanying on... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

In May 2017, Scott was named in a six-count indictment in Cuyahoga C.P. No. CR-17-615337-A. The indictment charged him with felonious assault in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(2), with one- and three-year firearm specifications; improperly discharging into a habitation in violation of R.C. 2923.161(A)(1), with one- and three-year firearm specifications; domestic violence in violation of R.C. 29... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

Appellant’s wife of 28 years, Jaqueline “Jackie” Thomas (“Mrs. Thomas”), testified that between five and six o’clock on the morning of July 13, 2016, she was awakened by Appellant, profanely demanding she get out of bed. (Tr., pp. 384-385.) Mrs. Thomas testified that Appellant grabbed her by the arm and the hair of her head, causing her to stand and forcibly follow him to the bathroom so tha... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

During the early morning hours of June 24, 2017, a fight broke out at The Flames, a motorcycle club in Zanesville, Ohio. Bouncers turned the lights on in the club and began moving people outside to the parking lot. As people were leaving the club, Carlton “Dre” Ferrell assaulted Keith Haddock’s girlfriend, which led to a fight in the parking lot between Ferrell and Haddock. {¶3} As Ferrel... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

This is an appeal from an Adams County Common Pleas Court judgment of conviction and sentence. Russell Lewis, defendant below and appellant herein, assigns the following errors for review: FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR: “THE APPELLANT WAS DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AS IS GUARANTEED BY THE SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES ... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

Karrin Harris (“Harris”) and Johnson began dating in May 2010. In July 2016, Harris and Johnson stopped living together. Harris testified that the relationship had ended at this time; but Johnson believed that the two were still romantically involved on the date of the incident. Because Harris and Johnson were co-parenting their four year-old child, J.H., they continued to see each other freque... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Donald Ray Cowans, a/k/a Donald R. Cowens with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 01/16/2017
Party Name Disposition Information
COWANS, DONALD RAY
Count # 2. Count as Filed: ABDGR, ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, in violation of 21 O.S. 645
Date of Off... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OK)

The evidence at trial, in the light most favorable to the verdicts, was that at approximately 7:30 p.m. on April 17, 2016, Daniel Wallace was on Maplewood Circle in Marshall, Missouri, speaking with Crystal Bowlen and other friends. Wallace and Bowlen observed a car driven by Marcus Lewis stop nearby, and observed Vincent Barriere exit the back passenger seat of that vehicle. Barriere then p... More...   $0 (09-20-2018 - MO)

Jason Lampkin (“Movant”) appeals from the judgment denying his Rule 24.035 motion for post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Because we find Movant’s amended motion was untimely, we reverse and remand to the motion court to determine whether Movant was abandoned by post-conviction counsel. In a substitute indictment, Movant was charged as a prior offender with two counts o... More...   $0 (09-20-2018 - MO)

On March 28, 2017, appellant Derrick Johnson was found guilty by a Faulkner County jury of fifteen counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. On appeal, Johnson claims that the circuit court erroneously denied his motion to suppress evidence found on his mobile phone. We affirm. This case began when an eleven-year-old girl, M.P... More...   $0 (09-20-2018 - AR)

When the State called K.B. to testify, crying was heard outside the courtroom door.
The court immediately granted the parties’ request to meet in chambers to discuss what
had happened. In chambers, the State explained that when the courtroom door was
opened for K.B. to enter from the hallway, K.B. saw Carter and started crying and
hyperventilating. According to the State, K.... More...   $0 (09-20-2018 - TX)

Appellant was charged by indictment with one count of attempted burglary of a habitation, a third degree felony, punishable by not less than two years but not more than ten years imprisonment.1 The State filed a notice of intent to seek habitual punishment pursuant to Section 12.42(d) of the Texas Penal Code, alleging that Appellant had prior felony convictions for robbery, assault against a gove... More...   $0 (09-20-2018 - TX)

Appellant was charged by indictment with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and pleaded “not guilty.” Appellant was found “guilty” by a jury of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as charged in the indictment. Appellant pleaded “true” to one felony enhancement allegation, and the jury assessed his punishment at imprisonment for seventeen years and a $10,000 fine. This appeal followed. ... More...   $0 (09-20-2018 - TX)

Appellant was charged with the murder of Alexis Baker by blunt force trauma to the head allegedly caused by a claw hammer. The complaint alleged that
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Appellant made a statement admitting that he killed Baker because “she was deceitful with him and he did not want her to spread his seed.” On August 12, 2015, Appellant filed both a notice suggesting that he was insane at the time ... More...   $0 (09-20-2018 - TX)

Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement, appellant Shane Hoyt Bradshaw pleaded guilty to assault involving family violence. The trial court found Bradshaw guilty and assessed punishment at two years of confinement, then suspended imposition of sentence, placed Bradshaw on community supervision for two years, and assessed a $750 fine. Subsequently, the State filed a motion to revoke Bradshaw’s com... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - TX)

A jury convicted Argustus Charles Choyce of family violence assault with a prior conviction, a third-degree felony. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.01(b)(2) (West Supp. 2017). After Choyce pled true to the State’s two enhancement allegations, he was sentenced to fifty years’ imprisonment. On appeal, Choyce argues that (1) the trial court erroneously struck a panel member for cause, (2) the in... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - TX)

The child involved in this case was Garza’s great-grandson, G.G.,3 who was five years old at the time of the assault. The child involved in the companion case, C.V., was six years old and was visiting Garza’s home at the time of the assault. G.G.’s mother, Lacy,4 testified that Garza was living with Lacy’s mother, whom G.G. called Nana, in a house in Windom during the late summer of 2016 and ... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - TX)

A traffic stop in early 2018 by Hopkins County Deputy Jeremy Dixon precipitated the revocation of Lafayette Trey Crosby’s community supervision.1 Crosby was a passenger in the back seat of the stopped vehicle, in which was a “strong smell” of marihuana, and in which there was also methamphetamine, marihuana, and K2 (a synthetic drug). In revoking Crosby’s community supervision and ordering t... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - TX)

In response to an early-morning report of trouble, police officers arrived at a Longview apartment complex occupied by Shayne Daniel Afzal and others. As the officers approached the apartment that appeared to be the epicenter of the trouble, they heard “several blasts” coming from what sounded like a shotgun. After officers took cover, they heard Afzal “screaming unintelligibly.” They obser... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - TX)

Appellant entered into a plea bargain with the State, pursuant to which appellant pleaded nolo contendere to the offense of assault with bodily injury of a family member. The trial court imposed sentence in accordance with the agreement and signed a certificate stating this “is a plea bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal.” See TEX. R. APP. P. 25.2(a)(2). Appellant timely fi... More...   $0 (09-19-2018 - TX)