On the afternoon of April 7, 2013, Demetrius Lee returned home from work between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. Lee resided in the DeLisle community at 7486 Lobouy Road, which is part of a larger property commonly known as “the Hill.” The Hill is comprised of two houses and a mobile home. While Lee was relaxing, someone knocked on his window, but he remained inside. Twenty to thirty minutes later, Lee wen... More...   $0 (08-05-2018 - MS)

Appellant was indicted in April 2017 on one count of murder with two firearm
specifications (using a firearm and discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle) and a repeat
violent offender specification, and one count of having weapons while under disability. The
charges stemmed from allegations that on March 23, 2017, while sitting in a motor vehicle,
appellant killed Jaylen Ki... More...   $0 (08-01-2018 - OH)

} On November 20, 2015, appellant was indicted for aggravated robbery in
violation of R.C. 2911.01(A)(3), a felony of the first degree, and for felonious assault in
violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(1) and (D), a felony of the second degree.
{¶ 3} On August 3, 2016, appellant entered a plea to the aggravated robbery
pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 2... More...   $0 (07-31-2018 - OH)

The County of San Luis Obispo (County) issues well
permits without conducting a California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) review. Appellant California Water Impact Network
petitioned for a writ of mandate to compel County to comply with
CEQA. County asserted that well permits are ministerial actions
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exempt from CEQA. The trial court agreed with County and
dismissed... More...   $0 (07-30-2018 - CA)

A grand jury indicted Johnson with burglary. In front of a jury, he pleaded
guilty.3 The jury heard evidence that he committed burglary of a home that was
across the street from where he lived by breaking into a garage, opening the
door of a truck, finding a wallet, and taking credit cards and cash. Johnson
testified and conceded that he had prior convictions. He explained ... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - TX)

Petitioner Abelino Manriquez filed an original habeas corpus petition in
this court seeking relief from his multiple murder convictions and death sentence.
We issued an order to show cause with respect to petitioner’s claim that
prejudicial juror misconduct occurred when a juror did not timely disclose a
history of childhood abuse.
After an evidentiary hearing, the referee foun... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - CA)

On February 17, 2017, the Brule County Grand Jury indicted Shawn Ross on one count of third-degree burglary in violation of SDCL 22-32-8 and one count of intentional damage to property in violation of SDCL 22-34-1(2). Ross pleaded not guilty. Thereafter, the State and Ross entered into a plea agreement. At a hearing on May 16, 2017, pursuant to the plea agreement, Ross pleaded guilty to third-d... More...   $0 (07-27-2018 - SD)

This appeal arises from two criminal convictions for separate fraud schemes. The two cases will be referred to as the “2009 case” and the “2012 case,” corresponding to when indictments in the cases were issued. As a result of Turner’s behavior, both cases had circuitous routes to trial, marked by the defendant’s requests for multiple continuances, his complaints about and changes to his counsel ... More...   $0 (07-27-2018 - CA)

This case arises from the Defendant breaking into the victim’s home and raping her at gunpoint, following which he stole a television set and forced her into her vehicle and drove her to a nearby gas station. The Defendant was observed by law enforcement driving the victim’s stolen vehicle after he dropped her off at the gas station; when officers pursued the Defendant, hefailed to yield and, aft... More...   $0 (07-26-2018 - TN)

In May 2014, the Jackson County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging
Tilley with one count of illegal possession or assembly of chemicals for the manufacture of
drugs in violation of R.C. 2925.041(A), a felony of the third degree. Tilley, who was represented
by retained counsel, entered a plea of not guilty to the charge and filed a motion to suppress
... More...   $0 (07-25-2018 - OH)

On May 4, 2017, the Van Wert County Grand Jury indicted Swoveland
on five counts: Counts One and Two of illegal manufacture of drugs in violation of
R.C. 2925.04(A), (C)(3)(b), first-degree felonies; Count Three of illegal assembly
or possession of chemicals for the manufacture of drugs in violation of R.C.
2925.041(A), (C), a second-degree felony; Count Four of aggravated fu... More...   $0 (07-25-2018 - OH)

At a pretrial hearing on October 31, 2016, the trial judge confirmed that Gale understood
the six charges against him and the punishment ranges for the charges. The trial judge then
discussed with Gale the plea bargain offered by the State, his eligibility for parole, and the
consequences of violating any conditions of parole or probation. Gale indicated he did not accept
the... More...   $0 (07-24-2018 - TX)

Gibbs pleaded guilty in August 2010 to possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and thereafter he was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release. Six months after Gibbs was released from prison, he was charged in state court for possession of drug paraphernalia and, upon conviction, was sentenced to 45 days’ imprisonment, suspended, ... More...   $0 (07-22-2018 - NC)

The evidence giving rise to the Defendant’s convictions is that on October 4, 2012, officers with the Knoxville Police Department were attempting to locate the Defendantand take him into custody pursuant to a warrant in another case. In order to do so, officers utilized a confidential informant to set up a drug buy from the Defendant. When the Defendant arrived at the arranged location to meet w... More...   $0 (07-21-2018 - TN)

A Montgomery County jury convicted the Petitioner of two counts of facilitation of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary, one count of facilitation of theft
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of property over $500, and one count of aggravated sexual battery. On direct appeal, this court summarized the evidence presented at the Petitioner’s August 2012 trial as follows: [K.M.]1 testified t... More...   $0 (07-20-2018 - TN)

The detailed facts are set out in Mr. McFadden’s prior appeals and will be repeated here only insofar as they are relevant to his postconviction claims. On May 15, 2003, Eva Addison1 was at Maggie Jones’ house on Blakemore in Pine Lawn when Mr. McFadden arrived at the house with a friend.2 Eva and Mr. McFadden had a child together. When Mr. McFadden got out of the car, he kissed the child, ... More...   $0 (07-19-2018 - MO)

Bobby S. Dutta appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) on his claim that State Farm violated provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970 (“FCRA”). The relevant FCRA provisions require a prospective employer to provide a job applicant with a copy of his consumer credit report, notice of his FCRA rights, and an o... More...   $0 (07-19-2018 - CA)

On December 4, 2017, Wilson was charged with one count of
complicity to theft in violation of R.C. 2913.02(A)(3), R.C. 2923.03(A)(2), which
is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Doc. 1. On December 4, 2017, he appeared
before the trial court where the following exchange occurred:
Mr. Wilson: Yeah. I don’t know why I’m being charged with this at all.

The Court: Th... More...   $0 (07-18-2018 - OH)

This appeal stems from Gibson’s murder of Hodella. However, resolution of this case necessitates an account of the facts and procedural history surrounding Gibson’s murders of two other women, Stephanie Kirk and Christine Whitis. As such, we set forth an account of the facts and procedural history of all three murders. [4] On October 10, 2002, Hodella met Gibson at a bar located in Jefferso... More...   $0 (07-18-2018 - IN)

Coleman beat her four-year-old son to death with an electric cord. She
pleaded guilty to the charge of serious bodily injury to a child.
The trial court held a sentencing hearing, at which the State introduced
Coleman’s pre-sentence investigation (PSI) report. The PSI report recounts the
following.
Around 6:00 p.m. on July 15, 2012, emergency medical services were
dis... More...   $0 (07-16-2018 - TX)

Defendant-appellant, Toby McQueen, appeals his 60-month prison sentence imposed by the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas following his guilty plea to sexual battery. {¶ 2} Appellant was indicted in August 2017 with one count of rape, a felony of the first degree, and one count of sexual battery, a felony of the third degree, for engaging in Clermont CA2017-12-062 - 2 - sexual interco... More...   $0 (07-14-2018 - OH)

On March 30, 2016, Appellant was helping a friend excavate. He had his own excavator, towed on a trailer behind his pickup truck. After working, Appellant consumed twelve beers and then elected to drive home in his truck, hauling the excavator. The victim, Mary Lu Riley (“Riley”), was driving in the opposite direction, toward Appellant, on a two-lane road in Monroe County. Appellant’s rig ... More...   $0 (07-13-2018 - OH)

A jury found petitioner Seifullah Abdul-Salaam, Jr. (“Abdul-Salaam”) guilty of first-degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy after a six-day trial in March 1995 in the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. After a one-day penalty phase hearing in which Abdul-Salaam’s counsel presented three mitigation witnesses, the jury sentenced Abdul-Salaam to death. Abdul-Salaam, after exhau... More...   $0 (07-12-2018 - PA)

Ronald Clark Fleshman, Jr., the disgruntled owner of a
2012 Volkswagen Jetta, appeals the denial of his motion to
intervene in the federal government’s Clean Air Act suit
against Volkswagen, AG and several of its subsidiaries
(collectively Volkswagen or VW). The government’s suit
arose from the car manufacturer’s installation in some of its
cars of “defeat devices”—surrepti... More...   $0 (07-09-2018 - CA)