A jury found defendant David Allen Lucas guilty of the first degree murders of Suzanne Jacobs, Colin Jacobs, and Anne Swanke (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189),1 the attempted murder of Jodie Santiago Robertson (§§ 187, 664), and the kidnappings of Swanke and Robertson (§ 207, subd. (a)). The jury also found that he personally used a knife during each crime (§ 12022, subd. (b)) and inflicte... More...   $0 (08-21-2014 - CA)

A jury terminated the parental rights of Laura Traylor (“Mother”). On appeal, Mother argues the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the jury’s finding that termination is in the best interest of her two children. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
Background
Mother’s daughter, A.W., was born on August 7, 2002, and her son, J.W., was born on February 13, 2... More...   $0 (08-21-2014 - TX)

PORTLAND, OR – Anthony Lee McThrow, 28, formerly residing on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, was sentenced on August 11, 2014, to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Michael W. Mosman. In November 2013, McThrow pled guilty to a single count indictment charging failure to register as a sex offender as required by law. McThrow has remained in custody of the U.S. Marshal since hi... More...   $0 (08-13-2014 - OR)

Christopher Joel Davey appeals from an adverse summary judgment rendered in his suit against numerous oil companies in an attempt to recover land that once belonged to his deceased father. In five issues, Davey contends that the orders rendered in the temporary administration of his father’s estate are void for want of jurisdiction, the deeds purportedly conveying property to Margarett Jordan Ro... More...   $0 (08-13-2014 - TX)

Justin Huffman appeals his conviction and sentence for theft in the second degree, pursuant to Iowa Code sections 714.1(1) and 714.2(2) (2011). Huffman maintains there was insufficient evidence to support the guilty verdict. He also maintains the district court erred by accepting inconsistent verdicts. Because we find substantial evidence supports Huffman’s conviction and the verdicts were not l... More...   $0 (08-13-2014 - IA)

Xiao Yong Zheng was involved in a
Chicago-based document-fraud operation that made fake
Chinese passports and other identification documents for
customers seeking false documents to use to obtain Illinois
driver’s licenses and identification cards. Zheng pleaded guilty
to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to misuse Social
2 No. 12-2739
Security numbers and comm... More...   $0 (08-12-2014 - IL)

KNOXVILLE, TN – Kevin Scott Thibault, 49, Maryville, Tenn., pleaded guilty to a grand jury indictment charging him with two counts of forgery of the signatures of a district court judge and an officer of the U.S. District Court.

Sentencing is set for 1:30 p.m., on Dec. 1, 2014, in U.S. District Court, Knoxville, before the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, U.S. District Court Judge. Thibault ... More...   $0 (08-07-2014 - tn)

A jury convicted appellant, Charles Jacquard Turner, of the first-degree felony offense of aggravated robbery and assessed punishment at sixty-five years’
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confinement.1 In his sole issue, appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in limiting appellant’s cross-examination of a State witness because the State’s questioning opened the door to admission of the witne... More...   $0 (08-07-2014 - TX)

Oklahoma City, OK - The State of Oklahoma v. Jason Wade Sanders and Ashley Dawn Loftis charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: MR3, POSSESSION OF A COUNTERFEIT STATE ID CARD, in violation of 47 O.S. 6-301 2 (d)
Date of Offense: 12/12/2010

Party Name Disposition Information

LOFTIS, ASHLEY DAWN Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/28/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ... More...   $0 (08-04-2014 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Deangelo Jamal Clark with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, UTTERING FORGED INSTRUMENT, in violation of 21 O.S. 1592
Date of Offense: 04/12/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

CLARK, DEANGELO JAMAL Disposed: CONVICTION, 07/29/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: UTTERING FORGED INSTRUMENT(FORG)
Viola... More...   $0 (07-29-2014 - OK)

Defendant, Kenneth Charles Rader, enjoyed a meal at a steakhouse and then paid $100 of the bill with counterfeit $20 bills. He left the restaurant and was arrested shortly thereafter. He stands convicted of: one count of second degree burglary (Pen. Code, § 459)1; two counts of felony theft (§§ 484, subd. (a) (484), 666); and two counts of forgery (§§ 472, 476). Defendant admitted he had sust... More...   $0 (07-23-2014 - CA)

Marvin Estuardo Catalan pleaded guilty to four felonies, including grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a); all statutory references are to the Penal Code unless noted), identity theft (§ 530.5, subd. (a)), and two counts of forgery (§ 470, subd. (d)). The court imposed a four-year hybrid or split sentence (§ 1170, subd. (h)) comprised of a one-year, four-month jail term followed by two years... More...   $0 (07-23-2014 - CA)

An early-morning shooting, a mysterious alias, and a
problematic eyewitness identification led police to the home
of Martin Cantu Ruiz, where they found a gun he wasn’t
supposed to have. Ruiz appeals his conviction for Unlawful
Possession of a Firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1),
contending that the district court erred by denying his motion
to suppress a shotg... More...   $0 (07-11-2014 - ID)

Robert L. McCullough2 and Julia T. McCullough appeal from the trial court’s judgment rendered on a jury verdict in favor of Scarbrough, Medlin & Associates, Inc. and Scarbrough, Medlin & Associates Financial Services, Inc. (collectively, SMA) on SMA’s claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and civil theft against McCullough and their equitable claim of money had and re... More...   $0 (06-20-2014 - TX)

Norman, OK - State of Oklahoma vs. Eldon Wayne Norris Jr.:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: FORG, FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE , in violation of 21 O.S. 1577
Date Of Offense: 11/15/2012

Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: Norris, Eldon Wayne Jr.
Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/17/2014. Guilty Plea.
Count as Disposed:FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE (FOR... More...   $0 (06-17-2014 - OK)

This is a permissive interlocutory appeal of a partial summary judgment. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(d) (West Supp. 2013). Certain

1 Underwriters have moved for reconsideration of our March 11, 2014 opinion. The panel denies rehearing, withdraws its prior opinion and judgment, and issues this opinion and judgment in their place.

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Underwriters at Lloyd’s ... More...   $0 (06-12-2014 - TX)

¶1 Charlie Wilcox, Appellant/Father, seeks review of the trial court's order sustaining, upon the jury's verdict, the State's petition to terminate his parental rights to B.W. (born March 25, 2009) and H.W. (born June 15, 2007). Father argues the court improperly denied his due process right to testify at the trial seeking termination of his parental rights. Father argues his constitutionally pro... More...   $0 (06-11-2014 - OK)

The disputed issue in this appeal is the ownership of a piece of real property (the Property) located in Comal County, Texas. After James Schweppe, as administrator of the Estate of Michael L. Henties and as trustee of the Michael L. Henties Estate Trust (the Estate), filed a notice of lis pendens giving notice of a potential dispute over ownership of the Property, Bridgett Henties filed suit in d... More...   $0 (06-03-2014 - TX)

OK City, OK - State of Oklahoma v. David Jay Cotton, CA-00-983:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1561-1628
Date of Offense: 10/28/2011

Party Name

Disposition Information

COTTON, DAVID JAY Disposed: DISMISSED WITH COSTS, 06/02/2014. Dismissed with Costs
Count as Disposed: FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGR... More...   $0 (06-02-2014 - OK)

OK City, OK - State of Oklahoma v. David Jay Cotton:


Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1561-1628
Date of Offense: 11/21/2011


Party Name

Disposition Information


COTTON, DAVID JAY Disposed: DISMISSED WITH COSTS, 06/02/2014. Dismissed with Costs
Count as Disposed: FORGERY IN THE SECOND ... More...   $0 (06-02-2014 - OK)

Moses Coppin and Tameka Bennett appeal a jury verdict finding them guilty on multiple criminal charges. We VACATE Coppin’s and Bennett’s convictions on Count One for conspiracy. We AFFIRM their convictions on the remaining counts. We REMAND for resentencing.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Around noon on October 29, 2010, Alicia Madrigal allowed two men in green vests posing as term... More...   $0 (06-02-2014 - TX)

Norman, OK - State of Oklahoma vs. Arika June Kinman:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: FORG, FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE , in violation of 21 O.S. 1577
Date Of Offense: 11/15/2012

Party Name: Disposition Information:

Defendant: Kinman, Arika June
Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/28/2014. Guilty Plea.
Count as Disposed:FORGERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE (FORG)
Viola... More...   $0 (05-28-2014 - OK)

Defendant, Carlos Albert Valencia, appeals from the November 2, 2012 judgment entered after he pled no contest to charges of: forgery; forged prescription; and transportation and possession for sale of hydrocodone and alprazolam. He pled no contest after his motion to suppress evidence was denied by the trial court. Defendant appeals under Penal Code section 1538.5, subdivision (m).1 (People v. Ll... More...   $0 (05-19-2014 - CA)

East St. Louis, IL - Derek M. McCaster, a forty-six year old East St. Louis, Illinois, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, Illinois, to failure to register as a sex offender, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today. McCaster is scheduled for sentencing on August 8, 2014. He faces a term of imprisonment of up ... More...   $0 (04-25-2014 - IL)

CLINTON, IN - Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced today the federal sentencing of a Vermillion County man on federal firearms charges. Danny K. Hight, age 47, of Cayuga, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William Lawrence to 70 months (5 years, 10 months) for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

“Three years ago, this Office pledged to federally pros... More...   $0 (04-03-2014 - IN)