Delacruz and Julie Ann Gonzales had a daughter, L.D., and married young. In
December 2009, shortly after they married, Julie filed for divorce. On March 26, 2010, Julie went
to pick up L.D. from Delacruz’s house and was never seen or heard from again.
Because an initial investigation revealed (1) no evidence of foul play and
(2) messages that had been sent from Julie’s cell p

Los Angeles, CA - Imposter Attorney Sentenced to Prison in Marriage Fraud Scheme

A Santa Fe Springs man who posed as an attorney as part of an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which at least 87 foreign nationals – mostly Chinese citizens – paid tens of thousands of dollars to be “married” to United States citizens was sentenced today to two years in federal prison.

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Around 4:45 a.m. on January 16, 2004, a customer discovered the lifeless body of
John Deere outside of the Pik & Pak convenience store, which Deere owned, in Brookhaven,
Mississippi. Deere was robbed at gunpoint and shot three times. Shortly after Deere’s body
was discovered, a volunteer firefighter from the Summit Fire Department responded to a
small roadside grassfire. The f

The instant case is Juan David Rodriguez’s second successive
postconviction appeal. “Juan David Rodriguez was convicted of first-degree
murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit a felony, attempted armed robbery,
armed burglary with an assault, aggravated assault, and attempted first-degree


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murder.” Rodriguez v. State (Rodriguez I), 609 So. 2d 4

In these accelerated appeals,2 appellant, T.H.L., challenges the trial court’s orders, entered after a bench trial, awarding the Department of Family and Protective Services (“DFPS”) permanent managing conservatorship of her four minor children, R.C.,3 R.L., C.J., and C.C.J. (collectively, “the children”).4 In her sole issue, T.H.L. contends that the trial court erred in appointing DFPS

On direct appeal, this Court summarized the evidence presented at the Petitioner’s trial as follows:
On July 22, 2001, Detective Brad Corcoran with the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department was called to the scene of an abandoned truck off Old Hickory Boulevard. The body of the victim, Eugene “Juan” McAdams, was discovered in the bed of the truck covered with a white sheet; his ankles

The Commonwealth introduced the following
evidence at trial. We reserve the circumstances of the
erroneously admitted testimony for our analysis of the issue.
After an argument with her boy friend, Sally spoke with her
mother on the telephone and asked to stay at her apartment,
where the defendant also lived. Although out of town, her
mother told Sally that she co

Deanna Huntley challenges the trial court‟s denial of her motion to divide
unadjudicated community property under Family Code section 2556.1
Deanna filed her

1 Undesignated statutory citations are to the Family Code.
motion more than two years after entry of a default judgment that dissolved her marriage
to Frank Huntley.2
The trial court denied the motion on g

I. INTRODUCTION
Defendant, City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Street Lighting,
appeals from an order vacating a judgment pursuant to Code of
Civil Procedure1 section 473, subdivision (b). Plaintiff, The
Urban Wildlands Group, Inc., filed a petition for writ of mandate
and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. The mandate
petition and complaint allege a single cause o

When Aguilar was around eighteen or nineteen years old, he got involved
in the music ministry and youth ministry at Set Free in Anaheim, California.
While with Set Free, Aguilar met the complainant’s mother and stepfather and
later moved in with them and their three daughters. Aguilar would sleep on the
couch behind the eleven-year-old complainant, “spooning” with her w

Trial courts must make difficult decisions when competing
interests clash. In this case, a mother sought an emergency protection order to
keep her soon-to-be ex-husband away from her and their children because, she
alleged, he had abused them. The father denied the allegations and sought to
cross-examine one of the daughters about her claim that he had repeatedly tried to
suffo

Rachelle and Charles Black were married for nearly 20
years and have three sons. They raised their children in a conservative Christian
church and sent them to private, Christian schools. In 2011, Rachelle1 told Charles
that she is a lesbian. In the order of dissolution, the trial court designated Charles as
the primary residential parent. The final parenting plan also awarded Char

¶1 Colleen S. Lundy (“Mother”) appeals the superior court’s
modification of William N. Lundy, Jr.’s (“Father[’s]”) child support
obligation. We conclude that the court erroneously attributed income to
Mother from a second job, and erroneously credited Father for the full
amount paid on an insurance policy covering both the minor children and
other dependents. We

The State charged Allison Hedgepeth with assault causing bodily injury in
connection with an altercation at a bar in which another woman’s nose was
broken. Hedgepeth pled guilty to disorderly conduct in violation of Iowa Code
Section 723.4(1) (2015).1 The district court placed Hedgepeth on unsupervised
probation and ordered her to pay victim restitution in an amount to be d

This appeal arises from a suit brought by Jerry C. Johnson seeking declarations
construing the terms of two insurance policies following an automobile accident in which Jerry’s
son, Jacob, a minor at the time, was injured while Jerry was driving.1 See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.
Code §§ 37.001–.011. Jerry sued State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, which had
issued Jerry

After their attempt to purchase a home was unsuccessful, appellees Daniel A. Haile and Wongelawit K. Alemu sued appellants Tamuno Ifiesimama (“Mr. Ifiesimama”) and Tamunnoibuomi Ifiesimama (“Mrs. Ifiesimama”), for specific
performance and breach of contract. The trial court held a bench trial and ultimately ruled in favor of Haile and Alemu, ordering that they recover costs, their earn

Defendant, whose date of birth is October 29, 1977, had sexual intercourse between the dates of July 1, 2013, and July 5, 2013, with B.H, whose date of birth is January 10, 2002.1 The victim became pregnant and delivered a baby boy on March 20, 2014. At trial, B.H. testified that her uncle, Defendant, had sexual intercourse with her when she was eleven years of age. DNA samples were taken from Def

After a history of alleged domestic abuse, Defendant and his wife, Patricia Tolbert (also known as Patricia Williams), became estranged. Patricia was living in an apartment on her family’s property (herein referred to as “the Tolbert’s residence”). On May 12, 2013, Defendant’s sister and brother dropped Defendant off at a call tower where he claimed he needed to be to make his way to an

In case No. S-16-419, the State brought criminal charges against Chacon as a result of events that occurred on July 16, 2015. The State’s information charged that on July 16, Chacon (1) criminally impersonated another person and (2) possessed a controlled substance, methamphetamine.
Case No. S-16-425 arises from events that occurred on December 28, 2015. The State’s information alleged tha

¶1 This is an appeal from an order appointing F. Katherine Bearden (Appellee), wife of Decedent, William Lee Bearden, as personal representative of Decedent's estate.

¶2 On May 29, 1988, William L. Bearden died as the result of a gunshot wound to the head. The only person present at the time of the shooting was his wife. Decedent was survived by his wife and three adult children of a fo

Lexington, KY - Winchester Man Sentenced To 24 Months For Illegally Hacking Into Website And Lying To Federal Agents

A Winchester, Ky., man, who previously admitted to hacking and taking control of a high school sports website, to gain publicity for his online identity and harass and intimidate the website owner and others, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.

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¶1 This appeal involves an action brought by Plaintiffs in Error to recover their proportionate share of the proceeds of a judgment rendered in an action for the wrongful death of their mother, Annie A. Coleman, Deceased, which was brought in the name of Otho Prellar Coleman, as administrator of the Estate of Annie A. Coleman, Deceased, and Otho Prellar Coleman, individually in his own right agai