Plaintiffs, Sarah Meyer and Martin Wooldridge, appeal from a general judgment dismissing their action against defendants Oregon State Lottery (the Lottery), Jill Goldsmith, Larry Niswender, Tessa Sugahara, John Kroger, and Craig Durbin.1 Plaintiffs assert five assignments of error. We reject plaintiffs’ fourth assignment of error without written discussion and write only to address their remaining... More...   $0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

After a judge denied his motion to suppress evidence seized during a warrantless search (Indictment No. 15-03-0237), and his pretrial motions, including an application for a Franks1 hearing, on a second set of charges (Indictment No. 15-06-0448), defendant Eman Hassenbey entered into a plea agreement with the State. In exchange for his guilty pleas to one count of the first indictment, thir... More...   $0 (07-05-2018 - NJ)

In July 2010, Ashley Broussard was twenty-one years old and living with a
friend of hers, Willie Narcisse, in Baytown, Texas. Willie’s cousin, Valencia
Narcisse, who was fifteen years old at the time, also lived with them, and Valencia
and Ashley were friends. Valencia and Ashley were the two complainants in the
charged offense.

Tyrone Gilbert was also related to Will... More...   $0 (07-03-2018 - TX)

Mission Hills Country Club (Mission Hills) is an 18-hole private golf course and country club sitting on 112 acres of land in Mission Hills. Opened in 1914, Mission Hills has a 6,500-yard-long golf course, clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis courts, and various maintenance buildings. Johnson County (County) valued the property at $6,944,770 in 2014 and $6,484,023 in 2015. Mission Hills appealed those... More...   $0 (07-02-2018 - KS)

On August 25, 2014, the state filed a bill of information charging
Defendant with molestation of a juvenile under the age of 13. On September
26, 2016, the state filed an amended bill of information charging Defendant
with two counts of molestation of a juvenile. As to Count One, the state
alleged that on January 28, 2014, Defendant committed molestation of a
juvenile up... More...   $0 (07-01-2018 - LA)

A jury found appellant Joe David Moon guilty of one count of aggravated
sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child by sexual
contact. On both indecency counts, the jury further found that the children were
under 14 years of age at the time of the offenses. For the aggravated-sexual
assault-of-a-child conviction, the jury assessed Moon’s punishment at 60 y... More...   $0 (06-29-2018 - TX)

At the time of the events that led to the conviction, Tommy Luallen and his mother, Mathilda Luallen, owned a commercial building in Wichita. Tommy was in business with Larry Farmer. Tommy and Farmer bought storage units at auctions and resold the contents. They stored their inventory at the building in Wichita.

On May 6, 2013, Tommy Luallen and Farmer went to the building and discover... More...   $0 (06-28-2018 - KS)

In the early evening of May 11, 2014, Valerio Resendiz (Valerio), Valerio’s
friend, Garrick Gonzales (Gonzales), and Valerio’s girlfriend, Sabre Dillon (Dillon),
drove to Daniel Lira’s (Lira) house in Billings, Montana. Dillon remained in the vehicle
while Valerio and Gonzales stepped inside. Inside Lira’s house, Valerio and Gonzales
saw Lira and met Michelotti for the first t... More...   $0 (06-28-2018 - MT)

One Saturday night, Castillo visited a nightclub in downtown Denver with his
wife, his cousin, and two friends to celebrate his wife’s birthday. They stayed until the
club closed.
¶7 Closing time in downtown Denver often unleashes a flood of people into the
streets. The Denver Police Department calls the resulting sea of humanity “outcrowds.”
Because fights and other di... More...   $0 (06-28-2018 - CO)

On November 2, 1988, A.W. (Victim 1), who was 13 years old, went to her
15 home after school where an unknown man wearing a ski mask was lying in wait,
16 armed with a knife. The man vaginally penetrated Victim 1, and then forced her into
17 the bathroom. After securing the bathroom door so Victim 1 could not escape, the
18 unknown man fled. Victim 1 was taken to the hospital, whe... More...   $0 (06-28-2018 - NM)

In this appeal from his conviction and sentence for second degree murder, appellant, Hiram Gonzalez Morales, contends that the court erred in denying his “Stand Your Ground” defense, as well as erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal at his trial. After reviewing the evidence, we conclude that the court did not err in either respect. We therefore affirm the judgment and sentence. <... More...   $0 (06-28-2018 - FL)

Inequitable settlements are an unfortu-nate recurring bug in our system of class litigation. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) is designed to minimize such
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problems, but appeals by class members who object to a set-tlement indicate that the system still needs improvement. All too often, class counsel negotiate a settlement with substantial attorneys’ fees but meager benef... More...   $0 (06-27-2018 - IL)

The following testimony was adduced at trial: Mr. Sandercock was
originally charged, in case number 2016 CR 426, with one count of felonious assault, a
felony of the second degree. Counsel stipulated appellant was released on a personal
recognizance bond, and the case involved a felony charge. Attorney Joseph
Humpolick, an assistant public defender who retired shortly before... More...   $0 (06-26-2018 - OH)

Appellant was indicted for one count of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity in violation of R.C. 2923.32(A) and five counts of drug trafficking in violation of R.C. 2925.03. 9/23/15 Indictment. The engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity charge was a first-degree felony and contained a specification that at least one of the incidents of corrupt activity was a felony of the first, second,... More...   $0 (06-26-2018 - OH)

This case is about the legality of a military officer serving as a judge on both an Air Force appeals court and theCourt of Military Commission Review (CMCR). The petitioner, an airman convicted of crimes in the military justice system, contends that the judge’s holding of dual offices violated a statute regulating military service, aswell as the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. The Court of Ap... More...   $0 (06-25-2018 - DC)

In a three-count indictment, the State alleged that in 2014, Sanchez-Saravia, then a
22-year-old Brady police officer, engaged in sexual intercourse with S.F., then a 16-year-old girl, on
See Tex. Penal Code § 22.011(a)(2).1
three occasions—on or about April 1 (count 1), May 1 (count 2), and September 5 (count 3).
Although these were the only dates alleged in the indictment, S.F... More...   $0 (06-24-2018 - TX)

Because Appellant does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence to
support her conviction, we will summarize the evidence to the extent necessary
to contextualize her points.
The record shows that Appellant shot the victim—her husband, Don
McIntare—twelve times at close range with three different pistols. Appellant
testified at guilt-innocence. She admitted that she sh... More...   $0 (06-24-2018 - TX)

In March 2016, Hulsey pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine, a severity level 5 drug felony, and possession of marijuana, a class A misdemeanor. On April 25, 2016, the district court granted Hulsey a downward dispositional departure and sentenced him to 12 months' probation. In December 2016, the State filed a motion to revoke Hulsey's probation, alleging he failed to follow the terms of hi... More...   $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

The charges against Wells arose from the shooting death of Joshua Hartwig. A group of residents had gathered outside Hartwig’s apartment building after hearing a disturbance. Hartwig joined the group after the disturbance appeared to have ended, but several minutes later a man walked up and fired shots at the group. Hartwig was struck by a bullet and - 299 - Nebraska Supreme Court Advanc e Sheets ... More...   $0 (06-22-2018 - NE)

Ramos’s status as a career offender is dictated by his criminal record, which includes several prior felony convictions. First, in July 1998, Ramos “threw a brick at the nose of a 10-year-old child,” who then required medical treatment at a local hospital.1 As a result, Ramos pled guilty to aggravated assault in the Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court.2 Second, in October 1999, Ramos was app... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - PA)

Following a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of three counts of aggravated sexual battery as lesser-included offenses of the indicted charges of rape of a child. He was sentenced to serve thirty years in confinement. Petitioner appealed his convictions and sentence, and this court affirmed the judgments of the trial court. State v. David Michael Blevins, No. E2013-01976-CCA-R3-CD, 2014 WL 2... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - TN)

An employee driving home from work on a day that he
did not have any job duties outside of the office injured a
third party. After a jury trial, the trial court imposed
liability on the employer based on evidence that the
employee regularly used his personal vehicle for work on
other days. The employer contends there was no substantial
evidence to support finding that the e... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - CA)

The Children Services Division of the Montgomery County Department of Job and Family Services placed S.T. and his brother T.W. with Weaver and his wife for foster care on September 24, 2015. 1 Tr. of Proceedings 404:21-406:13. S.T. was approximately two years old at the time, and his brother was approximately three. Id. at 395:21-396:8. ... More...   $0 (06-19-2018 - OH)

We must decide whether a high school teacher who was verbally harassed by her students has identified sufficient evidence to support claims for violations of her federal civil rights against the public school system that employed her.
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Patricia Campbell was employed by the Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) from 2000 until she resigned in July 2009. From 2004 through 2007, Campbell taug... More...   $0 (06-19-2018 - HI)

Police officers were dispatched to Pierce's home after he called a suicide hotline
and said he was hearing voices, including his cat's, telling him to stab himself. When
officers arrived, Pierce told them the same. One officer asked Pierce if he wanted them
to check the residence to make sure nobody was inside to give Pierce "a little peace of
mind." Pierce agreed. Once ins... More...   $0 (06-18-2018 - MO)