In August 1990, Kevin Dickson was shot and killed. Nine years
later, the State charged Martin Moon and Casey Brodsack with first
degree murder. Brodsack pled guilty to second-degree murder in
exchange for testifying truthfully at Moon’s trial. 1See Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 1196–97 (1963) (“[T]he suppression by the ... More...   $0 (04-30-2018 - IA)

In two separate cases, Appellant was charged by indictment with (1) one count of forgery, a third degree felony, punishable by not less than two years but not more than ten years imprisonment, and (2) one count of obstruction or retaliation, a third degree felony, punishable by not less than two years but not more than ten years imprisonment.1 In each case, the State filed a notice of intent to s... More...   $0 (04-30-2018 - TX)

The Appellant was convicted by a Shelby County jury on February 22, 2002, for two counts of forgery over $500, one count of forgery over $1,000, one count of criminal attempt to commit first degree murder, and one count of especially aggravated robbery. After conviction, the trial court sentenced the Appellant to twenty-four years (24) for the conviction of attempted first degree murder, twenty-t... More...   $0 (04-27-2018 - TN)

Adrian Jerome Parker rendered his open guilty plea to the trial court in Gregg County, on
all four counts of the indictment against him, and pled true to a sentence-enhancement allegation.
The trial court found Parker guilty of all four charges, found the enhancement allegation true, and
sentenced Parker to forty-five years’ imprisonment on each of Count I (engaging in organized More...   $0 (04-15-2018 - TX)

On June 20, 2016, Appellant presented a check to be cashed at a Tyler branch of Austin Bank. The check was a temporary check from his father David Moore’s (Mr. Moore) account with Austin Bank in Jacksonville. When Appellant presented the check to the bank teller, the bank’s system alerted the teller to compare the signature on the check with the signature on file. Mr. Moore previously contacted... More...   $0 (04-13-2018 - TX)

When George Dubson attempted to pay for his order with a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill
at a fast-food restaurant in Kilgore, police were alerted. While responding to the police dispatch,
Sergeant Vance Callahan of the Kilgore Police Department stopped an automobile matching the
description of the one occupied by Dubson a short distance from the restaurant. Callahan identified More...   $0 (04-12-2018 - TX)

Sheila D. Hudson appeals the district court's denial of her presentence motion to withdraw her plea. Hudson argues that she had good cause to withdraw her plea and that the district court erred in denying her motion. Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm the district court's judgment.

On November 30, 2012, the State charged Hudson with one count of forgery, a severity level 8 felon... More...   $0 (03-29-2018 - KS)

On May 6, 2016, Gamble was arrested after law enforcement officers
discovered methamphetamine (“meth”) and materials to manufacture meth at his
residence. On May 11, 2016, a two count indictment was filed in the Wyandot
County Common Pleas Court against Gamble. (Doc. No. 1). Count I of the
indictment alleged that Gamble knowingly assembled or possessed one or more

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In June 2015, Quenzer pled guilty in case 15CR1763 to unlawfully obtaining and distributing a prescription only drug, a class A misdemeanor. This plea was entered in conjunction with her guilty plea to felony forgery in case 15CR2013. The district court sentenced her to eight months in the county jail but placed her on probation from that sentence for 12 months.

One month after sentenci... More...   $0 (03-27-2018 - KS)

In September 2015, Lorence pled no contest to felony theft and was sentenced to 27 months in prison but was placed on probation from that sentence for 18 months. The following month, Lorence entered into a joint plea agreement for two cases. In the first
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case, Lorence pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine and was sentenced to 30 months in prison but again was placed on probation... More...   $0 (03-20-2018 - KS)

Vance White participated in a
wire fraud scheme and pleaded guilty to one count of wire
fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count of aggravated identity
theft, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1). The district court calculated
White’s Sentencing Guidelines range based on the amount of
loss caused by the entire scheme over four years. During most
of that time, though, White was in prison. ... More...   $0 (03-02-2018 - IL)

Minneapolis, MN - South Saint Paul Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Check Forgery Scheme

James Mario Lewis, a/k/a/ “Lowdown,” 47, to 61 months in prison for operating a years-long check fraud scheme. The defendant, who pleaded guilty on July 6, 2017, to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, was sentenced on February 20, 2018, before Senior Judge Michael J.... More...   $0 (02-22-2018 - MN)

This criminal appeal returns to this court after Stanford was resentenced following this court’s decision in United States v. Stanford remanding the case “for any other proceedings as needed.”1 Back before this court on appeal, Stanford, in addition to alleging various errors in the district court’s redetermination of his guideline range, argues that the district court erred in denying his request... More...   $0 (02-19-2018 - LA)

Cedar Rapids, IA - Cedar Rapids Felon Found Guilty of Possessing Two Firearms

A felon who illegally possessed two firearms in October 2016 was convicted by a judge today, following a bench trial in federal court last month in Cedar Rapids.

Christopher Matthew Davies, age 47, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The verdict was retur... More...   $0 (02-13-2018 - IA)

Ward and his friend Andrew Rhodes formed and operated a construction business, All Construction Guaranteed Roofing and Restoration (ACG). Their financial arrangement was a loose one. They merely orally agreed to become general contractors who would supply materials and hire subcontractors to perform work on projects. Neither had a set salary; occasionally they would estimate profits and divide the... More...   $0 (01-16-2018 - KS)

On April 22, 2016, Appellant drove Jordan Downs to Lynch’s Convenience Store (Lynch’s). Downs attempted to cash a check inside the store. The cashier refused to cash the check because it looked similar to a check that a previous customer brought in and that was recently returned to the store as fraudulent. After confirming that Downs arrived in the same vehicle as the previous customer and that... More...   $0 (01-12-2018 - TX)

On December 7, 2015, the Defendant and twelve co-defendants were indicted for conspiracy to manufacture more than 300 grams of methamphetamine, initiation of a process to manufacture methamphetamine, and five counts of aggravated child abuse or neglect by exposing a child to the initiation of a process to manufacture methamphetamine. On September 2, 2016, the Defendant pled guilty to attempted co... More...   $0 (01-10-2018 - TN)

In this common-law trademark case, Thomas McClary appeals from an order granting judgment as a matter of law to Commodores Entertainment Corporation (CEC) and converting a preliminary injunction into a permanent one against McClary and his corporation, Fifth Avenue Entertainment, LLC. The dispute concerned ownership of the mark “The Commodores,” the name of a famous Grammy Award–winning rhythm and... More...   $0 (01-09-2018 - FL)

Lakota Thunder appeals the district court's decision revoking her probation and ordering her to serve her underlying prison sentence. Thunder contends the district court should have given her another chance at probation instead of ordering her to serve her 40-month underlying sentence. But Thunder committed additional crimes while she was on probation, thus giving the district court the discretion... More...   $0 (01-06-2018 - KS)

We will summarize the facts only to the extent necessary to address the single issue Perdue has raised on appeal. On September 16, 2016, pursuant to a plea agreement, Perdue pled no contest to charges in four different cases including: (1) possession of methamphetamine in 16CR113, a severity level 5 drug felony; (2) forgery in 16CR114, a severity level 8 nonperson felony; (3) theft in 16CR197, a ... More...   $0 (01-06-2018 - KS)

The facts of this case are relatively straightforward and, in large measure, undisputed. Ms. Riddle deposited a $4,000 check in a joint account that she held with her son, Dalton. The check was written on the account of her mother-in-law, and was made payable to Dalton Riddle. The signature on the check indicated that it had been executed by the mother-in-law.
[¶4] The mother-in-law learne... More...   $0 (12-30-2017 - WY)

Natasha Peters appeals the district court's decision revoking her probation and ordering her to serve her underlying prison sentence. Peters contends the district court should've given her another chance at probation rather than send her to prison.

But Peters admitted to the district court that she committed nine new criminal offenses while on probation. These new offenses gave the dist... More...   $0 (12-29-2017 - KS)

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)

Raleigh, NC - Federal Jury Convicts Virginia Man for Cyberstalking and Communicating Interstate Threats

William Scott Davis, Jr., a 57-year-old resident of Hampton, Virginia, was convicted following a three-day trial before Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt. The jury found DAVIS guilty of cyberstalking and communicating interstate threats.

The evidence at trial s... More...   $0 (12-14-2017 - NC)

On May 27, 2016, Officer Robert Sachs, Sergeant Jayme Green, and Officer Ralston were on bike patrol in the area of 7th and Taylor Street in Topeka. The officers saw an individual, later identified as Norman Vinson Clardy, fail to stop at a stop sign as he entered the intersection on his bicycle. The officers instructed Clardy to stop so they could identify him and explain why they stopped him. <... More...   $0 (12-09-2017 - KS)