In 1999 a California jury convicted William Milton of
second degree robbery. In a bifurcated proceeding, Milton
admitted he had two prior felony convictions in Illinois. The
court ruled the out-of-state convictions qualified as serious
felonies for purposes of the three strikes law (Pen. Code, §§ 667,
subds. (b)-(j), 1170.12).
1 Milton appealed, this court affirmed, and
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San Diego, CA - The United States of America charged United States Congressman Duncan D. Hunter with stealing campaign funds.

U.S. Representative Duncan D. Hunter pleaded guilty in federal court today to the major count in his indictment, admitting that he knowingly and willfully stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds that he and his wife used to maintain their lifestyle... More...   $0 (12-04-2019 - CA)

Chicago, IL - The United States of America charged Omran Ismail with conspiracy to straw purchase handguns.

A suburban Chicago man was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for conspiring to straw purchase handguns on behalf of a woman who allegedly tried to smuggle the firearms into Egypt.

OMRAN ISMAIL purchased four handguns in November 2013 from a licensed firearms ... More...   $0 (12-04-2019 - IL)

This appeal raises an important issue concerning the investigative authority
of two committees of the United States House of Representatives and the
protection of privacy due the President of the United States suing in his individual,
not official, capacity with respect to financial records. The specific issue is the
lawfulness of three subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Fi... More...   $0 (12-04-2019 - NY)

Scott M. Jordan ("Senior"), his
health failing, executed a Power of Attorney (POA) authorizing his
son, Scott M. Jordan, Jr. ("Jordan"), to take control and dispose
of Senior's property in any way Senior might do were he able.
Unhappy with Jordan's subsequent decisions concerning his
property, Senior revoked the POA and complained to the Waldoboro
Police Department. Waldobo... More...   $0 (12-02-2019 - ME)

This habeas corpus petition requires us to assay culpability
for a 2004 murder. The felony murder doctrine can saddle a
person with a murder conviction even when that person was not
the main killer. Here, for instance, Kahael Jevon Parrish was
one of three who, in 2004, went to rob a market. Parrish had no
gun, but both his partners did. One fired a deadly shot into a
custo... More...   $0 (12-02-2019 - CA)

Seattle, WA - The United States of America charged Mike Hsieh and Christine Chen with filing false tax returns.

Two Kent, Washington, dentists who avoided more than $460,000 in income taxes were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to seven days in prison and 400 hours of community service for filing false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. MIKE HSIEH, 48... More...   $0 (11-23-2019 - WA)

Shawnee, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Byron James Shepard with:

1. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREEE - DELIBERATE INTENT, in violation of 21 OS 701.7

2. KNOWINGLY CONCEALING STOLEN PROPERTY-A FELONY

3. POSSESSION OF CDS

The State of Oklahoma claimed that Shepard shot and killed officer Justin Terney, age 22, during a traffic stop on March 26, 2017.... More...   $0 (11-18-2019 - OK)

This case concerns the liability of state prison officials attempting to
implement a prisoner’s state sentence in relation to a subsequently imposed
federal sentence on another charge. In 2006, Byran Francis pleaded guilty to two
separate charges in two separate jurisdictions: a drug charge in New York state
court and a gun possession charge in federal court. Francis’s state senten... More...   $0 (11-13-2019 - NY)

Briaheen Thomas appeals from the District Court’s order granting summary judgment to Deputy Superintendent Eric Tice, Deputy Mark Garman, Correction Classification and Program Manager Timothy Miller, and Major Heather Halderman. For the reasons discussed below, we will affirm in part and reverse in part the District Court’s order.
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At all relevant times for this appeal, Thomas was an inma... More...   $0 (11-12-2019 - PA)

In July 2013, the Executive Officer of the California State Board of Pharmacy (the
Board) filed an accusation against pharmacist Solomon Oduyale, citing 20 charges for
discipline and seeking revocation of his pharmacist license. By August 2016, Oduyale
had successfully challenged all but nine of the charges for discipline against him. The
Board then ordered Oduyale's pharmacist lic... More...   $0 (10-16-2019 - CA)