¶1 The district court ordered the transfer of a minor child, S.A.W., to a foster-adoption home that was in compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, and in the bests interests of the child. Foster mother, natural mother, father, child, and the State appealed. We hold the proper standard for a party showing a need for an ICWA-noncompliant child placeme

The complaining witness, C.B., is the oldest of four children. Between
April 2012 and August 2013, when C.B. was 14 or 15 years old, C.B. lived with
her father but frequently stayed with her mother, her siblings, and her mother’s
boyfriend, Towney, in her mother’s house. C.B. testified that, while staying at her
mother’s house, she sometimes slept in an upstairs bedroom

This direct appeal,following an inquiry into allegations of juror misconduct, comes to us almost sixteen years after the defendant, Ruben Roman, was convicted of murder in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-54a, assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1), criminal possession of a pistol in violation of General Statutes (Rev. to 1997) § 53a-217c

In 1982, Robert Smith was convicted in Arizona state court of kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder and sentenced to death. Lambright v. Stewart, 167 F.3d 477, 479 (9th Cir. 1999), reh’g granted, vacated, 177 F.3d 901 (9th Cir. 1999), rev’d, en banc, 191 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 1999). On June 20, 2002, the Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), holding that the execution

The facts, as set forth in Hoglund’s direct appeal, are as follows:
Hoglund and Teresa Mallot (Mallot) were married in June 1998. At that time, Mallot was the mother of a four-year-old son from a prior relationship. Two daughters were born to the marriage, A.H. in 1998 and a sister in 2001. In June 2002[,] the family moved from Fort Wayne to a home in Wells County. A.H. was four years o

In exchange for Smith's guilty pleas entered in 2006 and his agreement to testify against an accomplice, the State dismissed one count of first-degree premeditated murder, which was charged as an alternative to the felony-murder count. It was agreed both parties would recommend that Smith receive the low (mitigated) grid-box sentence for the aggravated robbery conviction, which would run consecuti

A jury convicted Matthew G. Hinrichsen of two counts of first degree murder for the killing of Victoria D. Lee and her husband, Gabino A. Vargas; one count of using a firearm to commit a felony; and one count of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Hinrichsen denied that he intended to kill the victims. On appeal, Hinrichsen primarily argues that because sudden quarrel provocati

On September 26, 2013, Brooks was charged by information with theft by deception involving $500 to $1,500. On December 11, the State amended the information to include a second charge of the unauthorized practice of law. The events giving rise to this case began in the fall of 2011 in Lincoln, Nebraska, when Joshua Jordan Fitzgerald began contemplating dissolving his marriage. At the time, Joshua

At issue in this case is judicial enforcement of an administrative investigatory
subpoena for documents of a corporation located outside of Colorado that is suspected
of conducting business within Colorado in violation of its two leading consumer
protection statutes.1 Tulips Investments, LLC (“Tulips”) is a Delaware corporation the
State of Colorado contends is conducting

In exchange for Smith's guilty pleas entered in 2006 and his agreement to testify against an accomplice, the State dismissed one count of first-degree premeditated murder, which was charged as an alternative to the felony-murder count. It was agreed both parties would recommend that Smith receive the low (mitigated) grid-box sentence for the aggravated robbery conviction, which would run consecuti

A Rutherford County Grand Jury indicted the Appellant for the first degree premeditated murder and felony murder of the victim, Kimberly Kuhlman. The crimes occurred at the residence of Kimberly Burke, who was the Appellant‟s ex-wife. The Appellant was also indicted for the aggravated assault of Ms. Burke.
Kimberly Burke testified at trial that she moved to Tennessee from Kentucky in

Officer Charles Brannon of the Lewisburg Police Department (LPD) testified at a pretrial suppression hearing. Officer Brannon testified that at approximately 8:04 p.m. on December 12, 2013, he was dispatched to the Martin Street Apartments on a report “that there was fighting in the parking lot and possibly intoxicated individuals.” When he arrived at the apartment complex, another LPD offic

Jefferson City, MO - Jefferson City Attorney, Two Women Sentenced for Marriage Fraud Conspiracy

A Jefferson City, Mo., attorney, a Ukrainian national and an El Paso, Texas, woman were sentened in federal court today for their roles in two marriage fraud conspiracies.

James Douglas Barding, 63, of Jefferson City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough to one month i

Defendant Christopher Helsley was convicted for the April 2001 murders of Brad Maxwell and Marsha Rainey in Pike County and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. In this direct appeal following a second guilt phase trial, he challenges his sentence. We affirm. The defendant's sentence of life imprisonment without parole gives this Court mandatory and exclusive jurisdiction over this app

Robert Borden appeals from convictions for three counts of injury to a child, one
for causing bodily injury and two for causing serious bodily injury to his then two
month-old son. TEX. PEN. CODE ANN. § 22.04 (West 2011). Borden complains that the
trial court abused its discretion in the admission of testimony, erred by denying his
motion for directed verdict, erred in includ

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Kelvin Carter, was found guilty of the 2002 murder of Edmond Allen. Identification evidence was supplied by four occurrence witnesses. The circuit court ultimately imposed a 20-year prison sentence in addition to a 25-year enhancement, which was statutorily mandated because of the court’s determination that defendant had per

Defendant, Jeremy Thompson, was indicted in the circuit court of Hamilton County on two counts relating to events that occurred on July 21, 2011, at the Hamson Ag farm supply company in Dahlgren, Illinois. Count I charged defendant with procurement of anhydrous ammonia with the intent to be used to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of section 25(a)(2) of the Act. 720 ILCS 646/25(a)(2) (West

Tulsa, OK - Donnis Lawson, Estate of Jimmy David Lawson and Shawn Lawson sued Frank W. Frasier, Frank W. Frasier, P.C., Frasier Frasier & Hickman, L.L.P., Henry A. Meyers, III, Meyers & Leonard, P.L.L.C. and Charles J. Watts on professional negligence theories claiming:
This Court has jurisdiction of this case because it involves claims by citizens of Oklahoma against natural and corporate cit

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, the
following facts were established at trial. See State v. Graham, 2015 ME 35, ¶ 27,
113 A.3d 1102. Black and Lisa (Black) Zahn were married in 2004. In 2010,
Zahn inherited a substantial sum of money and, in February of 2011, she
discovered that Black had been having an affair with his high school girlfriend.

Seacat takes this direct appeal from his conviction by a jury of one count of first-degree premeditated murder, one count of aggravated arson, and two counts of aggravated endangerment of a child. Finding no error on the part of the trial court, we affirm. In April 2011, Seacat lived with his wife, Vashti, and their two sons in their house in Kingman, Kansas. Seacat was employed at the time as a

On 25 December 2010, Specialist (SPC) DS, traveled with her boyfriend, Staff Sergeant (SSgt) RC, to visit his family for Christmas.3 SPC DS and SSgt RC arrived in the afternoon and began socializing, eating food and drinking alcohol with the appellant and his wife. SPC DS remembered drinking wine and hard liquor, but could not recall exactly how much she had to drink. According to SPC DS, at

In May 2009, Appellant married Ms. AVC, a single mother of two boys. The older of the boys, JEV, was born in September 2005 and the younger, JAV, was born in January 2008. In November 2009, Ms. AVC, the two boys, and Appellant moved into quarters at the base where he was assigned. In December 2011—while Appellant was deployed overseas—JEV and JAV began to fight in their on-base housing. JE

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Kelvin Carter, was found guilty of the 2002 murder of Edmond Allen. Identification evidence was supplied by four occurrence witnesses. The circuit court ultimately imposed a 20-year prison sentence in addition to a 25-year enhancement, which was statutorily mandated because of the court’s determination that defendant had per

On September 11, 2014, a grand jury in Trenton, New Jersey, returned a five-count Superseding Indictment against Binyamin Stimler, Mendel Epstein, Jay Goldstein ("Goldstein"), and David Aryeh Epstein.1 Defendants are all Orthodox Jewish men and their prosecutions arise out of allegations that Defendants engaged in criminal means to facilitate Orthodox Jewish divorces. According to the Supe

isaac A. Potter, Jr., commenced this action on June 3, 2015. See generally Compl. Plaintiff alleges numerous causes of action in the complaint including: false allegations, retaliatory conduct, conspiracy to harm a patient and the patient's family, emotional distress, mental anguish, slander, violation of the patient's and spouse of the patient's constitutional rights, discriminatory acts, various