Kurt Powell pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child under 14. At the plea hearing, he admitted inappropriately touching the victim, with intent to arouse or satisfy sexual desires, when she was under 14 years old and he was over 18. The crime occurred between February and November 2013. The district court accepted the plea and found Powell guilty. The conviction c... More...   $0 (09-13-2018 - KS)

In the early morning of December 15, 2011, Mr. Spaulding shot and paralyzed
Patrick Griffin while he was leaving a house on Grant Street. Merely hours later, Mr. Spaulding
shot and killed both Erica Singleton and Ernie Thomas outside of the same house. Mr.
Spaulding was arrested the following day. After a jury trial, Mr. Spaulding was convicted of two
counts of aggravated mu... More...   $0 (09-12-2018 - OH)

McWay had been in a relationship with Wendy Jeffers (“Jeffers”) for
about one year as of January, 2017. Tr. 261, 364-365. In 2016, McWay was
incarcerated, awaiting a trial scheduled on a charge not related to this present case.
Tr. 249. An inmate incarcerated with McWay, Casey Smith (“Smith”), later
testified at trial that Jeffers visited McWay at the jail on January 1, 201... More...   $0 (09-11-2018 - OH)

The appellants (landowners) own eight lots in an area of
Rancho Palos Verdes that is the subject of a 1978 building
moratorium based on the resurgence of an ancient landslide.1 In
the trial court, the landowners sought relief from the building
moratorium and damages for inverse condemnation primarily on
the basis of our opinion in Monks v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes
(2008)... More...   $0 (09-10-2018 - CA)

This is an appeal from a final judgment on a claim for breach of contract. James and Fay Forbes sued Prime General Contractors, Inc. for breach after Prime walked off a home construction job. The Forbeses sought damages that included payments they made to Prime under the contract, payments they made for updated

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architectural plans, certain other expenses, and a loss of ... More...   $0 (09-09-2018 - FL)

After preparing an environmental impact report (EIR) defendant City and County
of San Francisco (City) approved revisions of the housing element of its general plan.
San Franciscans for Livable Neighborhoods (SFLN) filed a petition for writ of mandate
challenging the adequacy of City’s EIR. The trial court denied relief and we affirm.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. The... More...   $0 (09-09-2018 - CA)

Defendant-appellant, Joshua Lazier, appeals his sentence in the Butler County Court of Common Pleas after pleading guilty to gross sexual imposition. {¶ 2} Lazier was charged with single counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and sexual battery after he had vaginal intercourse with a 13-year-old girl who was intoxicated and asleep. Lazier later agreed to plead guilty to a fourth-degr... More...   $0 (09-08-2018 - OH)

Appellant was charged with various crimes, including aggravated murder, in 1986. The charges stemmed from the stabbing deaths of Raymond and Doris 2 Montgomery. Appellant had befriended the Montgomerys, who hired him to do small tasks at their home. At the time of the murders, Mr. Montgomery was 77 years of age; Mrs. Montgomery was 80 years of age and bedridden. {¶3} On the evening of M... More...   $0 (09-08-2018 - OH)

Appellant, Raymond Jones, sets forth the following assignment of error: I. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED BY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATUTES IN SENTENCING APPELLANT. {¶ 3} The following undisputed facts are relevant to this appeal. On three separate occasions in August 2016, appellant possessed and sold unlawful narcotics to a confidential police informant at appellant’s home in Fremont, ... More...   $0 (09-06-2018 - OH)

Another panel of this court granted Robert F. Dwerlkotte, Jr., relief under State v. Dickey, 301 Kan. 1018, 350 P.3d 1054 (2015) (Dickey I), and State v. Dickey, 305 Kan. 217, 380 P.3d 230 (2018) (Dickey II), and remanded the case for resentencing using the proper criminal history score. At resentencing, the district court modified the sequencing of Dwerlkotte's sentences, not only for his challen... More...   $0 (09-05-2018 - KS)

We take the facts as described by the Tribe in its complaint. See Ocasio-Hernández v. Fortuño-Burset, 640 F.3d 1, 5 (1st Cir. 2011). The Tribe's grievance stems from an agreement reached between the Tribe and state and federal agencies under the auspices of the National Historic Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C. § 300101 et seq. (the "NHPA" or the "Act"). The NHPA requires federal agencies over... More...   $0 (09-05-2018 - RI)

Houston, TX - Local Woman Heads to Prison for Defrauding Federal Program Intended to Improve Air Quality

A 45-year-old woman has been ordered to prison on for charges related to defrauding the Federal Highway Administration Congestion mitigation Air Quality and Surface Transportation Program (FHWA-CMAQ), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge Joseph Zsc... More...   $0 (09-05-2018 - TX)

The Narragansett Indian Tribe (the "Tribe") appeals the district
court's dismissal of its complaint against a handful of federal and
Rhode Island agencies concerning a highway bridge reconstruction over
historic tribal land. At base, the Tribe contends that the state of
Rhode Island broke a promise made to the Tribe. Because this is not
the type of claim federal courts may... More...   $0 (09-01-2018 - RI)

This toxic tort class action case arises from
Defendants’ alleged contamination of the groundwater in the McCook Field neighborhood of
Dayton, Ohio. Plaintiffs own properties in McCook Field, which is a low-income area
surrounding a Superfund site. They allege that Defendants released volatile organic compounds
and other hazardous substances into the groundwater underlying their pr... More...   $0 (08-26-2018 - OH)

Plaintiff Howard Pittman (“Pittman”) sued two mortgage servicers, iServe Servicing, Inc. (“iServe”) and Servis One, Inc., d/b/a BSI Financial Services (“BSI”), for negligent and willful violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) pursuant to 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681n and 1681o. He also sued BSI for breach of contract. Pittman appeals from several decisions entered by the district court denying Pi... More...   $0 (08-25-2018 - MI)

Appellant shot and killed Jacqueline Armstead and Brigitte Manning at his home in Dallas,
Texas on July 8, 2015. Armstead’s fifteen-year-old daughter Ja’Kaline Evans testified appellant,
Manning, and Armstead were “hanging out,” smoking crack cocaine, and drinking beer at
Armstead’s house that afternoon. Appellant, Manning, and Armstead left together after an hour
or an hour ... More...   $0 (08-20-2018 - TX)

On May 28, 2015, Tumberg's girlfriend and her 9-year-old daughter, A.R., moved in with him. During the next 19 days, Tumberg sexually assaulted A.R. several times. After his girlfriend saw Tumberg and A.R. together in a bathtub, A.R. was taken to a hospital. A sexual assault examination revealed that A.R. had redness on her vaginal area.

When interviewed, A.R. described the incident in ... More...   $0 (08-18-2018 - KS)

The Appellant’s indictment for initiating a process intended to result in the manufacture of methamphetamine occurred after motel employees discovered components of a “meth lab” in a motel room and notified the police. The police surveilled the motel room and saw the Appellant enter and leave the room. The police then stopped the Appellant’s vehicle for a traffic infraction and found a meth lab ... More...   $0 (08-15-2018 - TN)

Defendant-appellant, Zachary Harris, appeals his convictions in the Butler County Court of Common Pleas after pleading guilty to two counts of aggravated murder. {¶ 2} Harris was part of a three-person team that killed Orlando Gilbert and Todd Berus. The three individuals were hired to retaliate against Gilbert for a shooting that took place several days earlier. On the day of the incident, ... More...   $0 (08-15-2018 - OH)

On September 11, 2014, Martin was found guilty of the following: Aggravated Murder with specifications of Aggravating Circumstances and a Firearm Specification in violation of R.C. 2903.01(A) and (F), R.C. 2941.14(C), R.C. 2929.04(A)(5) and (7), and R.C. 2941.145 (Count Two); Attempted Aggravated Murder with a Firearm Specification in violation of R.C. 2923.02(A) and (E)(1), R.C. 2903.01(B) a... More...   $0 (08-15-2018 - OH)

On August 15, 2005, a Franklin County Grand Jury indicted Greene for failure to pay court-ordered child support to his child, B. S., for 26 accumulated weeks of a 2-year period. (Aug. 15, 2005 Indictment 05CR-5445.) He pled guilty to that offense on February 13, 2006. (Feb. 13, 2006 Plea Tr. 05CR-5445, filed Nov. 17, 2017; Feb. 13, 2006 Plea Form 05CR-5445.) However, due to circumstances not ... More...   $0 (08-14-2018 - OH)

The City of Fremont (City) approved a residential and retail development (Project)
in its Niles historical district over considerable neighborhood opposition. The City
adopted a mitigated negative declaration after finding the Project as mitigated would have
no significant adverse environmental impact. Protect Niles1 petitioned for a writ of
mandamus ordering the City to overturn t... More...   $0 (08-12-2018 - CA)

Appellant shot and killed Jacqueline Armstead and Brigitte Manning at his home in Dallas, Texas on July 8, 2015. Armstead’s fifteen-year-old daughter Ja’Kaline Evans testified appellant, Manning, and Armstead were “hanging out,” smoking crack cocaine, and drinking beer at Armstead’s house that afternoon. Appellant, Manning, and Armstead left together after an hour or an hour and a half; Armst... More...   $0 (08-11-2018 - TX)

During a late-night delivery on December 30, 2015, delivery truck driver Cook,
complained to receiving dock worker Christopher Cowan about his ex-girlfriend, later identified
as Jessica. Cowan, who did not know Cook or Jessica, characterized the things Cook said about
Jessica as “horrible.” According to Cowan, Cook seemed particularly angry that Jessica was in a
new relations... More...   $0 (08-10-2018 - TX)

An Oklahoma jury convicted Tremane Wood of first-degree felony murder
for the killing of Ronnie Wipf during a botched robbery. The jury found
Oklahoma had proved three aggravating circumstances associated with the
murder, and the mitigating circumstances did not outweigh them. The jury
accordingly sentenced Wood to death.
The conclusion of Wood’s trial was only the start of his... More...   $0 (08-10-2018 - OK)