In January 1999 a warrant was issued for Defendant's arrest for failure to appear at a state criminal trial on drug charges. That September an agent for Oklahoma's District 27 Drug Task Force learned from a confidential informant that Defendant had methamphetamine at his residence. The confidential informant also told the agent that Defendant had promised to kill any officer who came to arrest hi

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

On direct appeal, this court summarized the proof at trial, in relevant part, as follows:
Officer Jason Robert Spencer of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department testified that he was working patrol on June 23, 2008, and he responded to a call concerning a possible dead body at an apartment complex at 6:08 a.m. He was the first officer on the scene. When he arrived, he was flagged down

Thompson was born in 1982 to Jamaican parents in Jamaica.
Sometime after Thompson's birth, Thompson's father moved to the
United States and, in 1992, became a naturalized citizen. In
1997, Thompson's father petitioned for Thompson to immigrate to
the United States. Later that year, at the age of fourteen,
Thompson was admitted as a lawful permanent resident and moved to

San Francisco, CA - Medical Doctor and Wife Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Acquire Controlled Substances by Fraud and Deception

Dr. Matthew Cole and his wife, Shireen Cole, pleaded guilty to prescription drug-related charges, admitting that they conspired to obtain scheduled pharmaceutical drugs commonly known as Percocet, Xanax and Ambien by submitting fraudulent prescriptions to pharmaci

This case arises out of the brutal assault and murder of the victim, Starr Harris, on June 1, 2010. The Defendant, Rickey Alvis Bell, Jr., subsequently was indicted for one count of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of a kidnapping, one count of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of a rape, one count of especially aggravated kidnapping, and one count of aggravated

This case arises out of the brutal assault and murder of the victim, Starr Harris, on June 1, 2010. The Defendant, Rickey Alvis Bell, Jr., subsequently was indicted for one count of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of a kidnapping, one count of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of a rape, one count of especially aggravated kidnapping, and one count of aggravated

¶1 The dispositive issue presented on certiorari is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's action for damages and equitable relief against the defendants, who allegedly made false representations that plaintiff was the father of defendant Judy A. Miller's child and who revealed to the child, almost fifteen years later, that plaintiff was not the child's father. We answer in t

This case arises out of the brutal assault and murder of the victim, Starr Harris, on June 1, 2010. The Defendant, Rickey Alvis Bell, Jr., subsequently was indicted for one count of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of a kidnapping, one count of first degree felony murder during the perpetration of a rape, one count of especially aggravated kidnapping, and one count of aggravated

Robinson was a self-employed, but not entirely successful, entrepreneur. In the 1970s, he formed Hydro-Gro, Inc., a company that produced hydroponic vegetables. In the 1980s, Robinson offered financial consulting services through his company Equi II. His operations were interrupted when he was convicted of a nonperson felony and incarcerated at the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron,

Glaser was appointed to represent Brooks in the county court for Lancaster County in connection with a charge of theft by deception involving $500 to $1,500, a Class IV felony, in July, 2013. Thereafter, the case was bound over to district court and an amended information was filed adding a charge of the unauthorized practice of law, a Class III misdemeanor. The charges stemmed from services Brook

In June 2009, Bowman filed a complaint for medical malpractice against defendants, Dr. Michael D. Ottney and Core Physician Resources, P.C., seeking recovery for the allegedly negligent medical treatment of decedent, Char L. Bowman. Bowman’s complaint, which was filed in Jefferson County, was docketed as “09 L 28” and was assigned to be heard by Judge David Overstreet. In the ensuing four ye

The facts of the underlying offenses have been described in detail in the opinion addressing St. Clair's first direct appeal, see St. Clair v. Commonwealth, 140 S.W.3d 510, 524–25 (Ky.2004) ( St. Clair I ), but a brief summary of those facts is necessary to frame the issues in the current appeal. In 1991, St. Clair was in prison in Oklahoma awaiting sentencing for his conviction for two m

Husband and Wife married in 1985. At the time the divorce complaint was filed, the parties had one child still of minority age, a 15 year-old son (“the Child”). Both parties are in their mid-50s. The parties jointly owned a business during the marriage, Neas Welding & Steel Fabrication, which Husband operated. Wife worked as a bookkeeper, but also attended nursing school and earned an asso

Defendant Kenneth Barrett was sentenced to death after being convicted in federal court on two counts of felony murder and one count of intentionally killing a state law-enforcement officer. We affirmed on direct appeal. See United States v. Barrett, 496 F.3d 1079 (10th Cir. 2007). Defendant then filed a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, which the district court denied. See Barret

¶1 The question presented in this case is whether paternal grandparents may obtain a court order compelling visitation with the grandchild without the District Court applying the grandparent-visitation statute. We answer that question in the negative. When grandparents seek a court order to compel visitation with their grandchild and against the consent of a sole custodial parent, a District Cour

¶1 The issue in this case is whether the plaintiff, Appellant Sandra Vilarrubias Serra, is covered under the uninsured/underinsured motorist (UM) and medical payments (medical pay) coverage of the automobile insurance policy issued to Traci Robertson by the Appellee, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm). In particular, we must decide whether Serra is a "ward" of Robertson f

In 2013, Zales was indicted as a habitual offender2 for kidnaping, rape, and uttering
a counterfeit instrument. As to the third count, the indictment charged Zales with publishing
to the circuit clerk a forged certificate of marriage, falsely claiming the marriage was
performed by an ordained minister, when in fact Zales knew the minister’s name on the
certificate was forged. T

Dawn Jodoin and Chris Different married in February 2005 while they were living in
South Carolina. Jodoin’s two children, B.B. and J.B., also lived with them.1 In May 2010,
Jodoin and Different moved to Rankin County, Mississippi, with Different’s sister and her
husband. B.B. was fourteen years old and entering the ninth grade at the time the family
moved to Rankin County. Afte

Defendant, Walter H. Webb, was convicted by a Wilson County jury of one count of aggravated burglary, one count of aggravated assault, four counts of aggravated domestic assault, one count of employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, and one count of aggravated cruelty to animals. The trial court sentenced Defendant to a total effective sentence of twenty years‟ incar

When Doe was thirty-five years old, he acknowledged the amicus briefs submitted by the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, and by the Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services and the Children's Law Center of Massachusetts.
reportedly "twisted" the penis of his six year old nephew through the

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 pe

¶1 The dispositive issues tendered in these appeals are (1) whether the trial judge abused her discretion in ordering the Patel I judgment vacated, and (2) whether the litigation-related misconduct alleged here may be redressed through a civil action in tort. We answer the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative.

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The University of Texas at Austin considers race as one of various factors in its undergraduate admissions process. Race is not itself assigned a numerical value for each applicant, but the University has committed itself to increasing racial minority enrollment on campus. It refers to this goal as a “critical mass.” Petitioner, who is Caucasian, sued the University after her application was r

Husband and Wife were married for twenty-two years. They separated in
September 2012, and their divorce became final in 2013. The couple had over $6
million in assets, including a $1.5 million house, investment accounts, retirement
accounts, and other property. Husband worked as an associate and then as a partner in a major law firm,
earning a substantial income. In May 2