This is a fatality DWI case. The driver, Sean McGuire, refused consent when
a police officer asked him to submit his blood for analysis of its alcohol
concentration. Despite his lack of consent, and without a warrant, the police officer
obtained a blood sample at a local hospital. The blood draw occurred
approximately 90 minutes after the collision and revealed an alcohol conce... More...   $0 (05-15-2016 - TX)

Knight Systems, owned and operated by Buddy, engaged primarily in the mortuary transport business until 2007. On January 5, 2007, Knight Systems entered into an asset purchase agreement (the Agreement) with Palmetto, a business owned by Donald and Ellen Lintal. Pursuant to the Agreement, Knight Systems sold various tangible assets, goodwill, and customer accounts—including body removal service con... More...   $0 (05-14-2016 - SC)

On December 27th, 2012, Shelley shook his girlfriend’s infant daughter, causing
her death. He was charged with murder,3 battery resulting in death,4 battery
resulting in serious bodily injury,5 aggravated battery,6 and neglect of a
dependent resulting in death.7 Shelley pled guilty to murder as part of a plea
agreement, providing that the court impose a sentence between fifty... More...   $0 (05-01-2016 - IN)

Britt’s convictions arose out of the deaths of Miguel E. Avalos, Sr. (Miguel Sr.); Jose Avalos; and Miguel E. Avalos, Jr. (Miguel Jr.) Davis was convicted in a separate trial of three counts of first degree murder and three counts of use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony arising from the deaths of the same victims.1 At the time of Britt’s trial, Davis was awaiting sentencing.

1. ATTE... More...   $0 (04-22-2016 - NE)

This case arises from the abuse and killing of the twenty-three month old victim. For their role in the victim‟s abuse and death in 2009, the Montgomery County grand jury indicted both Defendant Starner, the victim‟s step-father, and Defendant Metz, the victim‟s mother, for aggravated child abuse, first-degree felony murder committed during the perpetration of aggravated child a... More...   $0 (04-21-2016 - TN)

In July 2011, the complainant, J.M., made an outcry statement to her foster mother that she had been sexually abused in the past by the appellant, a family friend. At the time of the statement, J.M. was five years old. J.M. told her foster mother that appellant made her perform oral sex on him, performed oral sex on her, penetrated her vagina and anus with his penis, and digitally penetrated her a... More...   $0 (04-20-2016 - TX)

At the time of the offense, appellant and her husband, Amir Golabbakhsh (“Amir”), lived in Houston with their two children, Masih and a three-year-old son, and Amir’s parents. On the afternoon of April 21, 2010, while the men were away from home, appellant told her mother-in-law that appellant was taking Masih to visit appellant’s friend. Appellant left on foot with Masih in a stroller. The mot... More...   $0 (04-20-2016 - TX)

In 1977, D.S. was in a relationship with Michael Ackerman. D.S. was living in an apartment with her two children, three-year-old I.W., and twenty-one-month-old W.W. On the morning of January 17, 1977, D.S. was leaving early to go to work, but she first checked on W.W., who was lying in his crib and stood up when D.S. entered the room. D.S. noticed nothing wrong with W.W. at that time. That day... More...   $0 (04-17-2016 - IN)

In June 2006, Beekman married Mother, who shared joint custody of Stepdaughter and Stepson with her ex-husband. On July 7, 2008, Stepdaughter reported to Mother that Beekman had sexually abused her. Mother took Stepdaughter to the children's grandmother's house for the night, and she and Stepson moved there the next day. At the grandmother's house, Stepson began acting out—scratching his skin, ba... More...   $0 (04-15-2016 - SC)

On August 11, 2012, A.R. informed her aunt that Matthew Collier
had been “messing” with her. At that time, A.R. was living with Collier and
her sister, K.R., Collier’s wife.
Collier was originally charged with one count of the forcible rape of
A.R., but on October 13, 2014, the charge was reduced to indecent behavior
with juveniles, in violation of La. R.S. 14:81. 1
On ... More...   $0 (04-14-2016 - LA)

On August 13, 2013, Appellant gave birth to a healthy six pound seven ounce baby boy, I’Mauri Jackson. On her discharge from Methodist Hospital in Baytown, Texas, she received instructions from the hospital stating that she was to bring the baby in for a follow up visit with a doctor three days after I’Mauri’s discharge. An appointment was made for I’Mauri for August 19, 2013. Appellant did not... More...   $0 (04-14-2016 - TX)

On the evening of December 14, 2011, in Wichita, a group of four men carried out a burglary of a home, stealing televisions among other things. In the process, one of the men murdered Markez Phillips, a young man who was in the residence. The four men were eventually identified as Reginald Dupree, Daniel Dupree, Malek Brown, and Francis Dupree.
The instant defendant, Nicholas Dupree, was a... More...   $0 (04-09-2016 - KS)

In November 2012, the Franklin County Circuit Court grand jury charged the defendant with three counts of rape of a child and one count of aggravated sexual battery. The trial court conducted a jury trial in November 2013.
The State‟s proof at trial showed that the victim, M.C.,1 was 10 years old and in the fourth grade at the time of trial. When the victim was in Kindergarten, she... More...   $0 (04-07-2016 - TN)

Isashia Corbin testified that, in November of 2012, she lived in an apartment
on Imperial Valley in the Springfield Apartment complex with her young daughter.
She selected that complex because it was affordable, as she was not making much
money working as a cashier at Walmart at the time. On November 23rd of that
year, she was laying on the couch with her daughter about 11:00... More...   $0 (03-31-2016 - tx)

Dr. Charles Machen, an expert in the field of pediatric medicine, testified that he was the pediatrician for the victim, D.L.,1 and first examined the victim when he was six days old. He also examined the victim in his office on November 28, 2007, to check the baby‟s jaundice and weight, and on December 14, 2007, at the baby‟s one-month checkup. On January 24, 2008, at the victimR... More...   $0 (03-30-2016 - TN)

This case relates to the Defendant‟s 2013 convictions for attempted aggravated sexual battery, four counts of aggravated sexual battery, and three counts1 of rape of a child. The incidents occurred between October 2010 and June 2012 and involved the Defendant‟s stepdaughter, who was between ages nine and eleven during the relevant time period.
The Defendant, the victim‟s ... More...   $0 (03-28-2016 - TN)

In 2012, while seventeen years old, appellant was adjudicated delinquent for two instances
of violating Code § 18.2-248(G), possession with intent to distribute imitation cocaine. The
violations of Code § 18.2-248(G) would have been non-violent felonies if appellant had been an
adult when he committed the offenses. Appellant does not dispute that he was over the age of
fiftee... More...   $0 (03-28-2016 - VA)

“When reviewing a trial court’s refusal to give a proffered jury instruction, we view the
evidence in the light most favorable to the proponent of the instruction,” in this case appellant.
Commonwealth v. Vaughn. Toward the end of April 2012, appellant’s relationship with his girlfriend, Takea Turner
(Turner), seriously deteriorated. Appellant testified that he assumed that Turner... More...   $0 (03-28-2016 - VA)

Tivasha Logan gave birth to Mr. Gardner's child on May 11, 2009. This was their fourth child together. The infant, a girl, was born ten weeks premature. Although the infant initially had some trouble with bottle feeding, she thrived in the hospital neonatal unit and was discharged to the care of her mother at the end of July 2009. Three months later, the infant died of malnutrition. There is... More...   $0 (03-25-2016 - FL)

In this criminal matter, the thirteen-year-old victim, A.G., 1 was at her house
on the morning of April 17, 2014, when her mother, Mitzi Gormanous, left with
her older daughter and grandson to go shopping. A.G. did not go shopping
because she was punished for inappropriate behavior. When they returned
approximately an hour and a half later, A.G. was gone. This was the second... More...   $0 (03-23-2016 - LA)

This case arose after the defendant and her daughter took numerous items from a Wal-Mart without paying for them. The defendant was convicted of theft of property under $500 in a bench trial in general sessions court. She appealed to the criminal court and proceeded to be tried by a jury.
At the jury trial, Chris Akens and James Fanning testified that they were loss prevention officers ... More...   $0 (03-17-2016 - TN)

During the evening of November 12, 2013, a group of men gathered to
play poker at a residence located in Tinker Fork Hollow. Among those
participating were Claude Isaac, Anthony Gillespie, and Thomas McNeil.
McNeil later recounted to police that Isaac and Gillespie arrived together on a
green Honda Forman four-wheeler. According to McNeil's statement to the
police, Isaac w... More...   $0 (03-17-2016 - KY)

On September 29, 2011, two-year-old Watson Adkins died as a result of
severe physical trauma to his abdomen, among other parts of his body. The
parties dispute the nature of the injury or injuries that ultimately caused the
boy's death, but it is largely indisputable that he suffered severe physical abuse
in the weeks or months leading up to his death.
The events leading t... More...   $0 (03-17-2016 - KY)

In State v. Cain, __ N.J. __ (2016), we determined that in
drug-distribution cases, an expert’s opinion on the defendant’s
state of mind -- whether the defendant possessed drugs with the
intent to distribute -- encroaches on the exclusive domain of
the jury as trier of fact. After the jury is informed of “the
significance of drug packaging and weight, scales and cutting <... More...   $0 (03-16-2016 - NJ)

The Defendant‟s convictions pertain to the January 31, 2012 killings of Billie Jean Hayworth and Billy Clay Payne in Johnson County.1 The lifeless bodies of Ms. Hayworth and Mr. Payne were found in the home they shared with their infant son and change of venue to Washington County. Both victims had been shot in the head, and Mr. Payne‟s neck had been cut. At the trial, the StateR... More...   $0 (03-08-2016 - TN)