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The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has settled civil mortgage

The defendant was convicted of murder in the
first degree on a theory of felony-murder, based on the
predicate felony of aggravated rape. He also was convicted of
aggravated rape, and he was sentenced to concurrent terms of
life in prison. On appeal, the defendant asserts error in (1)
the denial of his motion for a required finding of not guilty;
(2) the denial of h

The material facts are not disputed. Following a search pursuant to a warrant for
Douglass and Gaulter’s home in Jackson County, Missouri, Respondents were charged with one
count of second-degree burglary under § 569.170,2 and one count of stealing of property valued
between $500 and $25,000, under § 570.030.3(1). Douglass’s and Gaulter’s charges stem from
allegations that t

At trial, two witnesses (Christina Etienne and Alexander Williams, or “the victims”)
testified to similar interactions with Reid, although their interactions occurred months apart. On
both occasions, while driving near the Newport News Shipyard, Reid flagged the victim down.
He told them that he worked at the Shipyard and that his car had been towed for parking
illegally. He

When certain Infiniti FX vehicles developed dashboard bubbling, Robert Hurst, on behalf
of himself and others similarly situated, filed a second amended petition seeking damages under
the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MMPA) and seeking certification of a class action
lawsuit against Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan). The circuit court certified the class, which
inclu

In his first issue, appellant argues the trial court erred by refusing to allow him to impeach a State’s witness by showing that she had recently been arrested for the offense of
assault. Appellant alleges that State’s witness Lashawn Rose made a blanket statement about her
lack of trouble with the law after serving time on a prior case, and that, as a result, appellant
should have

At 4:20 p.m. on January 20, 2012, Paul Dwight Davenport, a pharmacist at the H.E.B. grocery store in Abilene, received a message on the pharmacy’s prescription phone-in system. The call purported to be from someone named “Lisa” at Dr. Brad Kendrick’s office. The caller requested a prescription of thirty tablets of “Norco 10” for Appellant. Davenport testified that Norco 10 is a combination of h

McGregor Police Department Special Investigator Jose Coy sought a warrant to
search a residence for items that constituted evidence of the illegal distribution of
marijuana and to arrest those who were in charge of and controlled the residence. Coy
submitted the following affidavit in support of the warrant:
The undersigned Affiant, being a Peace Officer under the laws of Texa

Angelita Rodriguez Pacheco was charged with and convicted of two offenses of
burglary of a habitation that occurred on the same day. See Tex. Penal Code § 30.02(a) (setting out
elements of offense). Those offenses were alleged to have occurred at a hotel where Pacheco was
working as a maid, and Pacheco is alleged to have entered two rooms in the hotel without the
effective consen

In 2008, SynEcology’s founders, Edward Grossman and Jeanne Conde, sold the
company’s assets to Lawrence Kenney. Grossman and Conde subsequently started a new
software company, Business RunTime. In August 2011, SynEcology filed a civil complaint in
Chittenden Superior Court against Business RunTime, Edward Grossman, Jeanne Conde, and
two former SynEcology employees, Thomas Re

We derive the following facts from the record. During a
narcotics investigation involving numerous individuals, the
Camden City police obtained nine wiretap recordings of
defendant's telephone conversations with Jessie Morales, wherein
defendant and Morales discussed the quantity and price of
marijuana defendant would supply to Morales. Defendant was
charged in an a

Erick Lopez appeals a judgment entered against him based on a jury’s findings that he breached implied warranties relating to plastic bags he sold to Adam Huron d/b/a Adam’s Mexican Food Products.1 Lopez presents three issues on appeal asserting the trial court erred by: (1) entering judgment against him because no jury finding was requested or made regarding any statutory exception a claimant is

In this Engle progeny case,1 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (“the defendant”) appeals a final judgment entered in favor of Phil J. Marotta, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Phil Felice Marotta (“the plaintiff”), arguing that federal law implicitly preempts state law tort claims of strict liability and negligence based on the sale of cigarettes and that the use of the Engle defect finding

Tobacco defendants, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (“RJ Reynolds”), Philip Morris USA Inc. (“Philip Morris”), Lorillard Tobacco Company (“Lorillard”),1 and Liggett Group LLC (“Liggett”), appeal a multi-million dollar final judgment. They raise several issues common to all and some individually.

They jointly argue the trial court erred in denying their motions for new trial based upon th

At trial, Janet Zimmer, the manager of Sixt Rent-A-Car in Daytona, Florida, testified
that on February 26, 2013, Price rented a 2013 Mercedes C class sedan. Zimmer testified the
vehicle was almost brand new; it had been purchased for $32,876; Price had rented the vehicle
until March 4; he provided an American Express card at the time of the rental; the vehicle
could not be driven o

Rosario Turdo, the plaintiff, appeals from a March 10, 2014 judgment following a jury-waived trial in the Washington County Superior Court. The trial justice entered judgment in favor of James Main, the defendant, on the plaintiff’s breach of contract claim and also entered judgment in favor of the defendant on his counterclaim for
conversion. In addition, the plaintiff appeals from the May

On March 1, 2013, Dullen pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement and was
convicted of Class C felony1 criminal confinement resulting in bodily injury. As
part of the plea agreement, Dullen admitted to being a habitual offender.
Appellant’s App. at 25, 78-80. The trial court sentenced him to an aggregate
executed sentence of seven years, five years in the Indiana Departme

The Medicaid waiver program involved in this case provides residential habilitation and day habilitation services for developmentally disabled patients. Residential habilitation provides basic services to recipients able to live in their own home. Day habilitation provides patients the necessary physical and occupational tools to interact with society. Each recipient of these services has a pla

Dilean Reyes-Rivera was the mastermind of a Ponzi scheme, operated largely in Puerto Rico,
which defrauded over 230 vulnerable people out of approximately
$22 million. In 2012, he pled guilty to bank fraud and to
conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and in 2013 he was sentenced to
concurrent terms of 60 months of imprisonment on the wire fraud
conspiracy count and 242 months

In this commodity trading fraud case brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"
or "Commission") against John B. Wilson and JBW Capital LLC ("JBW"), the Massachusetts federal district court granted on summary judgment the CFTC's request for a finding of liability,
and imposed injunctive relief and civil penalties. It declined to
award restitution, as measured by l

This case arises out of the Commission’s duties with respect to abandoned oil-and-gas
wells, which are governed by Texas Natural Resources Code chapter 89. One of the statute’s
express purposes is to protect Texas’s water and land from pollution by providing “additional
means” for the plugging of abandoned wells. TEX. NAT. RES. CODE § 89.001. The statute and
accompanying Com

On April 18, 2013, defendant, Lynn Foret, a medical doctor who specialized in
orthopedic surgery, pled guilty in federal court to one count of health care fraud,3 for
criminal acts that occurred between 2003 and 2009. The bill of information states the
On April 18, 2013, defendant, Lynn Foret, a medical doctor who specialized in
orthopedic surgery, pled guilty in federal court to

PEI operated licensed grain warehouses in Pierce, Randolph, and Foster, Nebraska. Brian Bargstadt was PEI’s president and one-third owner. PEI maintained a banking relationship with Citizens State Bank (the Bank) and obtained operating loans from the Bank. PEI borrowed funds from the Bank on a line of credit to facilitate the purchase of grain from its producers. PEI’s accountant testified that PE

On March 30, 2012, thirty-three plaintiffs filed a complaint against
Appellees in Koonce v. Chesapeake Exploration, Columbiana County Common Pleas
Court Case No. 2012 CV 136. Sixteen plaintiffs were later added. On March 22,
2012, seventy-five plaintiffs filed a complaint against Appellees in Coniglio v.
Chesapeake, Carroll County Common Pleas Court Case No. 2012 CVH 27102.

A jury found defendant Robert Goodwin guilty of second
degree insurance fraud, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-4.6. In doing so, the
jury necessarily concluded that defendant knowingly made or
caused to be made false statements of material fact concerning
an insurance claim for damage to his girlfriend’s sport utility
vehicle (SUV). The heart of the State’s case was that defendant
fa