A jury convicted defendant Peter Shanley of the murder of
his wife, as well as two weapons offenses, and a judge sentenced
him to prison for life. Defendant appeals from the judgment of
conviction and makes these arguments: first, the trial judge
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erred by not dismissing the murder charge because of a
prosecutor's misstatements and prej

Fatland was charged with three counts of child endangerment resulting in
serious injury, in violation of Iowa Code section 726.6(5) (2013), class “C”
felonies. The State alleged Fatland had shaken her five-month-old baby on three
occasions, causing injury to the child. Fatland entered into a plea agreement in
which she pled guilty to two counts of child endangerment resul

A jury found church youth group leader Steven Rees guilty of sexual
exploitation of a minor and invasion of privacy. The district court sentenced him
to concurrent prison terms of ten years and one year, respectively. This court
affirmed his judgment but remanded for resentencing based on the court’s
consideration of an impermissible factor. See State v. Rees, No. 14-1124,

Complainant N.V. was ten years of age at the time of her trial testimony. N.V. testified
that when she was nine, she lived with her mother Yessenia Villanueva (Yessenia) and her father
and Yessenia’s husband at the time, Jose Victor Villanueva (Jose). N.V. had not met Jonathon,
Jose’s son and N.V.’s stepbrother, before he came to live with them in the summer of 2013.
N

S.G. (Sarah)2 was born in December 2003. When Sarah was two years
old, her mother S.S. (Mother) married appellant. Thus, appellant became
Sarah’s stepfather. Mother, appellant, Sarah, and Sarah’s older brother lived in a
large house in Trophy Club. The house had an indoor pool.
Sarah and appellant were fond of each other, and they spent time
together. Sarah referr

Daniel Hendricks appeals his criminal conviction for violating a nocontact order entered in his divorce case. Hendricks argues that the statute making it a crime to violate a protection order doesn't apply to orders entered in a divorce case after the divorce decree has been entered. The order Hendricks violated was entered several years after the decree in his divorce case, during new disputes wi

.Thedefendantappealsfromthejudgment ofconviction,renderedafteratrialbeforeathreejudge court(panel),ofmurderinviolationofGeneralStatutes § 53a-54a (a) and tampering with evidence in violation of General Statutes § 53a-155 (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the panel improperly concluded that hehadfailedtoprovehisaffirmativedefenseofextreme emotional disturbance by a fair preponderance of t

This case arises from the June 5, 2010 killing of Michelle Rivera, the Defendant‟s estranged wife. At the trial, Gerald Ross testified that he met the victim online and that they decided to meet for dinner in late April 2010. He said that the victim worked as a massage therapist at a West Knoxville office, that she also had private clients, and that she taught massage therapy. He said th

Defendant Michael Leroy Wilkie appeals his conviction of first degree murder
of his wife. On appeal, defendant primarily argues that the trial court erred in
denying his motion to dismiss the charge of first degree murder because there was no
evidence demonstrating his wife’s death resulted from any act of criminal agency, and
the only evidence of her cause of death was his

The undisputed evidence in this case demonstrates that appellant was driving
his fifteen-year old daughter, Ashlee, to his ex-wife’s house around 9:30 p.m. on
January 31, 2014, when appellant approached a slower moving vehicle from behind
driven by Leslie Larrison. Although Larrison’s left turn signal was on, appellant
flashed his headlights and passed Larrison on the left.

We recite only so much of the underlying facts as are necessary to decide the limited
issues before us. Underlying Facts: Appellant was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child. The child, whom we
refer to R.K., was his stepdaughter. She was eleven to twelve years of age during the events
described here, and Appellant was in his late 40s. R.K.’s mother married Appellant

Although this matter was not tried, the parties'
submissions reflect the following facts the State would have
presented through its evidence. Defendant's uncle by marriage
called the police on August 10, 2011, claiming defendant pulled
a gun and threatened him in the course of an argument. When the
police arrived, defendant was gone. The victim recounted he was
cha

On April 12, 2006, Ernest Smith was gunned down just outside his home on
10700 Roger Drive, Apartment “D” in a relatively abandoned area of New Orleans
East. He had received two fatal gunshot wounds to the chest. His wife, Emma,
heard the shots just before Ernest Smith came through the front door. She then
called 911 at around 11:30 p.m.2 At the time of Ernest Smith’s

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.

This certified appeal addresses the scope of the marital communications privilege codified in General Statutes § 54-84b.1 The defendant, Sheila Davalloo, was convicted, after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The defendant appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirmingthatconvictionafterconcludingthatherstatements to her husband, Paul Christos, did n

In 2006, Dustin Scott Roberts (“Plaintiff”) entered into a contract with William R. Ray (“Defendant”) for the preparation and execution of a prenuptial agreement (“the Agreement”) in anticipation of his upcoming wedding with Amy Freeman (“Wife”). Defendant drafted the Agreement, in which the parties waived any potential claim for alimony, identified their separate property, and st

On January 21, 2014, Bond was charged by information in the district court for Hall County with possession of methamphetamine. In a separate information filed in the district court for Hall County on the same date, Turner was charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana. Bond’s and Turner’s offenses allegedly occur

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

This case arises from the Defendant‟s interactions with his wife‟s children. The Defendant‟s wife had three children from a previous marriage, J.H., T.H. and A.H.1 Together the Defendant and his wife had a child, J.L. Pursuant to a parenting plan, J.H., T.H., and A.H. stayed with their mother at the residence she shared with the Defendant (“the Looney residence”). It was

On the night of October 2, 2007, Smith followed the
victim, A.H., out of a bar, beat and raped her. During the
course of the attack, Smith hit A.H. in the face, punched her,
and slammed her head against the concrete until she was
unconscious. After A.H. regained consciousness, she went to a
nearby house and asked the occupants to call 911.
¶6 On January 7, 2009, t

Tulsa, OK - Belinda Z. Evans sued Grant W. Brown and Grant W. Brown & Associates, L.L.C. on a breach of contract theory.

1) Plaintiff hired defendant GRANT W. BROWN, an individual, to act in his professional capacity as Plaintiff s lawyer to represent Plaintiff in an action for dissolution of marriage in Tulsa county, Oklahoma that created an attorney-client relationship.
2. In

The following facts are taken from the trial record, and we review them
“in the light most favorable to the State to determine whether the fact-finder could
rationally find every element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt.” State v.
Woodard, 2013 ME 36, ¶ 19, 68 A.3d 1250 (quotation marks omitted). From
May 2009 until April 2013, Hodsdon misrepresented the composit

Appellant and the complainant began dating in 2009 and were reportedly common-law married a month later. Appellant and the complainant had two children together during their marriage. The complainant testified that she and Appellant had consensual sex throughout their marriage. In October 2011, Appellant learned that the complainant was potentially pregnant with their third child. The complain

Thedefendant,ErynGilligan,appealsfrom the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial,ofoperatingamotorvehiclewhileundertheinfluence of alcohol or drugs or both in violation of General Statutes§ 14-227a(a)(1).Thedefendantclaimsthatthe trial court erred by (1) admitting into evidence expert testimonyregardingthequantitativeresultsofherurine test and (2) finding that she was a second of

The defendant, Daniel B., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of attempt to commit murder in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49 and 53a-54a. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, (2) the trial court unduly restricted his access to certain information regarding a confidential informant who testifie