The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, applicable to
punishments imposed by state courts through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment, provides that “[e]xcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines, nor
cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.” U.S. CONST. amends. VIII, XIV. The Eighth
Amendment requires that punishment be “graduated ... More...   $0 (01-06-2018 - TX)

Appellant’s charges arose from an altercation appellant had with his girlfriend.
Evidence showed appellant was driving his vehicle, closely following his girlfriend, who
was riding in a car with another woman. During these events, he exhibited a shotgun and
pointed the gun at another driver who attempted to intervene. When police stopped
appellant, officers found a loaded pu... More...   $0 (01-06-2018 - TX)

On August 3, 2017, an investigator with the Indiana State Police obtained and
executed a search warrant for Traylor’s home located at 7650 West State Road
46, in Bartholomew County, Indiana. During the search, one ounce of
methamphetamine, fifteen pounds of marijuana, and four grams of heroin were
recovered. Because there were copious amounts of pseudoephedrine in
Traylo... More...   $0 (01-05-2018 - IN)

Dankassoua married T.S. in 2010. Although they separated in 2013, at the time
of the relevant events, Dankassoua still visited T.S.’s household in Indianapolis
approximately once each month. T.S. has three children, Am.S. (age 21), A.P.
(age 11), and A.S. (age 1). On June 6, 2016, Dankassoua visited T.S.’s home.
He tried to persuade her to have sex with him, but she refused... More...   $0 (01-04-2018 - IN)

Prior to trial on two counts2 and on violation of probation, Hooks informed
the trial court that he wished to represent himself. The trial court had Hooks read,
initial, and sign a form entitled “Self-Representation Advisory Form/Trial” (“the
form”). The trial court then asked if Hooks read over the form carefully. Hooks
answered in the affirmative. The trial court then proceed... More...   $0 (12-31-2017 - FL)

Mr. McLaren owned 57 cats. He and his girlfriend, Jennifer Evans, referred to the cats as their “kids” or “the kid.” On March 10, 2014, one of Mr. McLaren’s exotic Savannah kittens, Cameo, was sick, so he and Ms. Evans took it to a veterinary clinic for treatment. Mr. McLaren testified that he had injected “somewhere between a quarter and a third of a gram” of methamphetamine right before he no... More...   $0 (12-30-2017 - WY)

Jamie Hallmark appeals her conviction for hindering apprehension or prosecution, for which she was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. On original submission, we held that the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to permit Appellant to withdraw her “guilty” plea after telling her it was not following the plea agreement. See Hallmark v. State, No. 12-16-00082-CR, 2016 WL 4379500, at... More...   $0 (12-28-2017 - TX)

About 11:00 a.m. on March 8, 2015, Josie Rios and her husband were in the living room
of their home in Grand Prairie, Texas, when she saw a man walking in the backyard. She told her
husband, Alvin, who saw the shadow of somebody pacing through the curtain of their sliding glass
door. As Alvin went to investigate, they both heard someone kicking the door. Alvin pulled the
curtai... More...   $0 (12-27-2017 - TX)

After a jury trial, Jenkins was found guilty and sentenced to twenty-five years of
imprisonment. On appeal, he argues the trial court did not have jurisdiction over his case because
the charging instrument was fatally defective. According to Jenkins, the charging instrument failed
to conform to the Texas Constitution’s definition of an indictment because it did not name “a
pers... More...   $0 (12-26-2017 - TX)

Appellant, Blake Anthony Monakino, pleaded guilty to the second-degree
felony offense of aggravated assault without an agreed punishment recommendation
from the State, and the trial court assessed his punishment at six years’ confinement.1
Appellant timely filed a pro se notice of appeal, but because the trial court did not
believe that appellant had the right to appeal, it di... More...   $0 (12-26-2017 - TX)

The record shows that Defendant sold cocaine to the confidential informant on February 4, 2015, on February 5, 2015, and again on February 11, 2015. The sales were monitored by law enforcement agents.
Defendant’s criminal history included thirteen convictions between 1991 and February 2016. Defendant was indicted by the Sullivan County Grand Jury for the offenses in the case sub judice on ... More...   $0 (12-24-2017 - TN)

Louisiana law requires convicted sex offenders to register with local law
enforcement authorities and to notify the communities in which they reside of their
presence. See La. R.S. 15:540, et seq. (the “Sex Offender Statutes”). Mr. Pete’s
obligation to register and to notify arises out of his November 7, 2002 conviction
for felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile.1 State v. Pete,... More...   $0 (12-14-2017 - LA)

Miami, FL - Jury Convicts Woman of Killing Her Son For Third Time

The State of Florida charged Maria Cardona with first-degree murder for killing her 3-year-old son, Lazaro Figueroa, in November 1990. The State claimed that the child, who only weighed 18 pounds, was abused and neglected by his mother. He was knows as Baby Lollipops by the press from the T-shirt that he was wearing when f... More...   $0 (12-14-2017 - FL)

Norman, OK - Defendant Pleads Guilty

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE CONC W/ C. TURBEVILLE, J. SMITH, T. TURNER **AMENDED TO PLANNING/PREPARING VIOLENT ACT**, in violation of 21 O.S. 1378
Date of Offense: 04/23/2017
Party Name Disposition Information
Morgan, Armani Ashanti Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/06/2017. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: MURDER ... More...   $0 (12-08-2017 - OK)

Norman, OK - Defendant Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Murder

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE CONC W/ T. TURNER, J. SMITH, A. MORGAN **AMENDED TO ACCESSORY TO MURDER 1**, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 04/23/2017
Party Name Disposition Information
Turbeville, Cody Eli Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/06/2017. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed:... More...   $0 (12-08-2017 - OK)

Our speedy-trial analysis occurs in the context of a long procedural history
encompassing Davis’s indictment, jury trial resulting in a judgment of his guilt, reversal by the court
of appeals, review by the Court of Criminal Appeals, remand to the district court, and his indictment
being set aside. The facts of the underlying case are set forth in this Court’s 2013 opinion:
Natali... More...   $0 (12-04-2017 - TX)

The procedural history of this case began in 2009 when McCarty’s first appeal was
dismissed as untimely. McCarty v. State, No. 03-09-00378-CR, 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 5722, at *1
(Tex. App.—Austin July 22, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication). McCarty
sought habeas corpus relief to file an out-of-time appeal, which the Court of Criminal Appeals
granted as to the... More...   $0 (12-04-2017 - TX)

John Francis Ley pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to a single count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). According to the presentence investigation report prepared by the United States Probation Office, Ley sustained a 2006 conviction for felony aggravated assault in ... More...   $0 (12-03-2017 - PA)

On June 6, 2003, following the conclusion of a four-day trial, a jury convicted
Rose of aggravated kidnapping, assault with a weapon, and assault on a peace officer.
Rose’s convictions stem from a January 2002 incident wherein Rose, high on
methamphetamine, kidnapped his co-worker in Kalispell and forced him, at knifepoint, to
drive Rose south for several hours towards Stevens... More...   $0 (11-29-2017 - MT)

San Francisco, CA - Canadian Hacker Who Conspired With And Aided Russian FSB Officers - Pleads Guilty
FSB Tasked Prolific Hacker to Target Webmail Accounts on Behalf of Russian Government

Karim Baratov, a/k/a “Kay,” a/k/a/Karim Taloverov, a/k/a Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, pleaded guilty on November 28, 2017 to charges returned by a grand jury in the Northern District of California in ... More...   $0 (11-29-2017 - CA)

In the light most favorable to the
Commonwealth, Commonwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 676-677
(1979), the jury could have found the following facts.
1. The scam. In February, 2014, each of the four victims
received telephone calls from individuals who claimed that the
victim's grandchild was in jail and needed money for bail. The
caller directed the victims ... More...   $0 (11-28-2017 - MA)

Officer Robert Rodriguez, who formerly worked for the Woodbranch Police
Department, testified that he observed a white Cadillac traveling at a high rate of
speed on the highway. Rodriguez activated his patrol vehicle’s lights and siren and
began following the vehicle. Rodriguez realized that the driver was attempting to get
away, and Rodriguez called dispatch and provided the v... More...   $0 (11-27-2017 - TX)

Dog bites dog. So begins this federal case about searches and
seizures allegedly gone awry, if not the newspaper story about the dispute. Detroit has a straydog
problem. As many as 50,000 of them roam the city’s streets and abandoned homes,
sometimes in packs. One group in a position to appreciate the seriousness of the problem, the
United States Postal Service, ranked Detroit sixt... More...   $0 (11-26-2017 - MI)

On October 30, 2015, the New York Police Department filed a report detailing a
physical assault involving Serrano at an apartment located on 80 East 110th Street (the
“Apartment”). Shortly thereafter, state law enforcement authorities seized 122 cartridges of
ammunition and a bulletproof vest from the Apartment. On November 18, 2015, Serrano
surrendered to authorities to face... More...   $0 (11-26-2017 - NY)