Seattle, WA - A repeat offender with prior convictions for forgery and identity theft pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. BOBBIE DENISE CATTON, 50, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of stolen mail, one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. When sentenced by U.S. District Judge James L... More...   $0 (01-06-2015 - WA)

Seattle, WA - A repeat offender with prior convictions for forgery and identity theft pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Seattle, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. BOBBIE DENISE CATTON, 50, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of stolen mail, one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. When sentenced by U.S. District Judge James L. Roba... More...   $0 (01-06-2015 - WA)

The Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (hereafter Proposition 36 or the Act) created a postconviction release proceeding for third strike offenders serving indeterminate life sentences for crimes that are not serious or violent felonies. If such an inmate meets the criteria enumerated in Penal Code section 1170.126, subdivision (e), he or she will be resentenced as a second strike offender unless th... More...   $0 (12-22-2014 - CA)

PHOENIX, AZ - District Court Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Malcom Robert Markson, 45, of Peoria, Ariz., to six months in prison. Markson previously pleaded guilty to the crimes of fraud involving aircraft parts and obstruction of federal investigation.

U.S. Attorney John S. Leonardo stated, “The U.S. Attorney’s Office is committed to aggressively prosecuting fraud by defense cont... More...   $0 (12-22-2014 - AZ)

The Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (hereafter Proposition 36 or the Act) created a postconviction release proceeding for third strike offenders serving indeterminate life sentences for crimes that are not serious or violent felonies. If such an inmate meets the criteria enumerated in Penal Code section 1170.126, subdivision (e), he or she will be resentenced as a second strike offender unless th... More...   $0 (12-19-2014 - CA)

The Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (hereafter Proposition 36 or the Act) created a postconviction release proceeding for third strike offenders serving indeterminate life sentences for crimes that are not serious or violent felonies. If such an inmate meets the criteria enumerated in Penal Code section 1170.126, subdivision (e), he or she will be resentenced as a second strike offender unless th... More...   $0 (12-17-2014 - CA)

The Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012 (hereafter Proposition 36 or the Act)
created a postconviction release proceeding for third strike offenders serving
indeterminate life sentences for crimes that are not serious or violent felonies. If such an
inmate meets the criteria enumerated in Penal Code section 1170.126, subdivision (e), he
or she will be resentenced as a second strike of... More...   $0 (12-16-2014 - CA)

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Justin Thomas Shipley, 30, of Portales, N.M., entered a guilty plea today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Shipley will be sentenced to eight years in prison followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.

Shipley and co-defendant Brandon William W... More...   $0 (12-15-2014 - )

In this case, we hold that where petitioner collaterally attacks his criminal convictions and sentences by way of a petition for writ of habeas corpus and the matter is assigned to a judge other than the original trial judge, petitioner may assert a peremptory challenge under Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 (section 170.6) to the judge assigned to the petition.
Petitioner Michael Eugene ... More...   $0 (12-10-2014 - CA)

R.S. appeals the termination of her parental rights. In six issues, she challenges the order of termination. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
R.S. is the mother of E.R., born November 23, 2006. R.R. is the father of E.R. and is not a party to this appeal. On May 1, 2013, the Department of Family and Protective Services (the Department) filed an original petition for protection of the child, for conse... More...   $0 (12-10-2014 - TX)

OK City, OK - State of Oklahoma v. Leroy Itaska Gillespie Jr:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1561-1628
Date of Offense: 10/18/2011

Party Name

Disposition Information

GILLESPIE, LEROY ITASKA JR Disposed: CONVICTION, 12/05/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE(FORG... More...   $0 (12-05-2014 - OK)

Does a trial court abuse its discretion in denying a criminal defendant the right to represent himself when he has repeatedly refused to come to court and be interviewed by a court-appointed mental health expert? Is a defendant who makes six separate telephone calls urging a relative to persuade the prosecution’s chief witness not to testify at trial entitled, under People v. Bailey (1961) 55 Ca... More...   $0 (12-04-2014 - CA)

The walls of one’s home are no less confining than the walls of a prison when one is on home detention. While on home detention, appellant Steven Mark Kunes cut his global positioning system (GPS) electronic monitoring device, mailed it to the sheriff, and flew to Pennsylvania. We conclude, among other things, his escape was by force, a violation of Penal Code, section 4532, subdivision (b)(2).1... More...   $0 (12-03-2014 - CA)

After its marina on Lake Texoma was damaged in a flood, Lake Texoma Highport, LLC sued its insurance broker, Insurance Alliance, and a London broker, Bowood Partners, Limited, because the policy in place at the time of the flood was not the policy Highport had requested. A jury returned a verdict in Highport’s favor. The trial court’s judgment ordered that Highport recover damages and attorney... More...   $0 (11-19-2014 - TX)

This is a dispute between a real estate investor and the two agents who managed her properties. Hua Xu (the “Investor”) sued David K. Lam and Jia Tian (collectively, the “Agents”), seeking damages for breach of contract, fraud, and breach of a fiduciary duty. After a trial by jury, the Agents moved for a directed verdict, which the trial court granted on the basis of limitations.
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... More...   $0 (11-06-2014 - TX)

John Niemi, Robert Naegele, III, and Jesper Parnevik (“Plaintiffs” or “Appellees”)
claim that Erwin Lasshofer and three companies affiliated with him (the “Lasshofer
Defendants” or “Appellants”), along with other co-conspirators, perpetrated a fraudulent
financing scheme that caused the collapse of Plaintiffs’ large-scale real estate
development project in Brecken... More...   $0 (11-04-2014 - CO)

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that a federal jury in Burlington on Friday found Patricia Merz, 57, of Niskayuna, New York, guilty on charges of conspiracy, interstate transportation of stolen money, wire fraud and forgery after a three-day trial in U.S. District Court. The week before, Christopher McGuigan, 52, of Rutland, Merz's brother and co-def... More...   $0 (10-14-2014 - VT)

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., appeals the final summary judgment granting title to Calvin Rutledge and discharging Wells Fargo's lis pendens against the underlying property in this foreclosure action. Because we agree that Wells Fargo was not barred from pursuing foreclosure in the circuit court by laches or equitable estoppel and that material issues of fact remain as to the authenticity of Mary Dias's... More...   $0 (10-10-2014 - FL)

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer Karla Rogers and the Public Defender's office represented the defendants who were charged with multiple counts of possession of forged notes or instruments and asserted the following:

That TIM HARRIS, the duly elected and qualified District Attorney for ... More...   $0 (09-29-2014 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Khaline Allen Lowe with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: FORG, FORGERY IN THE FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1561
Date of Offense: 03/10/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

LOWE, KHALINE ALLEN
Disposed: DISMISSED, 09/23/2014. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: FORGERY IN THE FIRST DE... More...   $0 (09-23-2014 - OK)

It is a federal crime to, inter alia, make, utter, or possess “a forged security
. . . of an organization, with intent to deceive another person, organization, or
government.” 18 U.S.C. § 513(a). The term “security” includes checks. Id.
§ 513(c)(3)(A). An “organization” is “a legal entity, other than a government,
established or organized for any purpose , . . . whi... More...   $0 (09-22-2014 - CO)

This is a judicial estoppel case, which is controlled by two principles: our
reluctance to impose the harsh remedy of judicial estoppel, and the failure by the party
asserting judicial estoppel to bear its burden to point to clearly inconsistent statements in
support of its arguments.
The case involves statements made by plaintiff Vehicle Market Research, Inc.
(VMR) in a breach... More...   $0 (09-17-2014 - KS)

Tulsa, OK - Criminal defense lawyer Kent Morlan represented Robert Louis Wirtz, Jr. a/k/a Robert Louis Wirdz, Jr. who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI6A, DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL - 5TH OFFENSE, in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(A)(2)
... More...   $0 (09-12-2014 - OK)

¶1 This case presents two related issues: (1) must the prosecution provide proof of a conviction to establish that a defendant failed to comply with a plea in abeyance condition
LAYTON CITY v. STEVENSON
Opinion of the Court
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prohibiting any further violations of law;1 and (2) what standard of proof must the prosecution meet in order to establish that a defendant failed to comply ... More...   $0 (09-05-2014 - UT)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – ERIN MARIE WELLS, of Yukon, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison for check forgery and signing a false federal income tax return, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

From 2009 until mid-2013, Wells was employed as the office manager of Advanced Electric, located in Oklahoma City. She was respo... More...   $0 (09-05-2014 - OK)