Appellant was indicted on two counts of rape with firearm specifications, one count of gross sexual imposition with a firearm specification, one count of kidnapping with a firearm specification, and one count of having a weapon under disability. The indictment alleged that on May 19, 2015, appellant compelled the victim, J.H., by force to submit to vaginal intercourse, digital vaginal penetration... More...   $0 (07-03-2017 - OH)

Appellant was indicted on one count of aggravated vehicular homicide in
violation of R.C. 2903.06(A)(2)(a), a felony of the second degree; one count of
aggravated vehicular assault in violation of R.C. 2903.08(A)(2)(b), a felony of the third
degree; and one count of failure to stop after an accident in violation of R.C. 4549.02(A),
a felony of the third degree. Counts 1 and 2 ... More...   $0 (07-02-2017 - OH)

In August 2012, Young was charged in a 66-count indictment. The
charges stemmed
from an alert received by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (“ICAC”) that a computer was making three files available for download that included videos of prepubescent females engaging in sexual acts. Following a thorough investigation, the ICAC determined that the computer was located at Y... More...   $0 (07-01-2017 - OH)

In August 2015, Darden, who was 16 years old at the time, was involved in
an armed robbery, and a complaint was filed against him in juvenile court. Darden was
subject to mandatory transfer to the general division of the common pleas court to be tried
as an adult upon a finding of probable cause, because he was 16 years old, charged with a
“category two offense,” and used a f... More...   $0 (07-01-2017 - OH)

Phoenix, AZ - Jury Convicts Woman and Sentences Her To Death

The State of Arizona charged Sammantha Allen, age 29, with first-degree murder and four counts of child abuse for locking Ame Deal, age 10, for locking the child in a box where she suffocated to death. After locking the child in the storage box, Allen fell asleep and did not wake up for 7 hours in 2011.

Other family me... More...   $0 (06-30-2017 - AZ)

New York, NY - Manhattan Skycraper Owned In Part By Iran Can Be Seized

The United States and others sought a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York that property located at 650 Fifth Avenue was illegally owned and/or controlled the Iranian government and is subject to being seized.

18 U.S.C. §981. Civil forfeiture

(a)(1) The f... More...   $0 (06-30-2017 - NY)

In July 2015, Jones shared a home with his then-fiancée, Bridgett Painter
(“Painter”), in Frankfort. Jones and Painter lived in the home with several of
Painter’s children from prior relationships, and a child Jones and Painter shared
together. Among the children was K.B., who was born to Painter before her
relationship with Jones. Jones and Painter’s relationship began shor... More...   $0 (06-30-2017 - IN)

Shoate was charged, as a persistent felony offender, with one count of first-degree
involuntary manslaughter and three counts of second-degree assault after he drove with a blood
alcohol content of .226 and caused a collision between his vehicle and that of the Godding
family, resulting in the death of Gregory Godding (the father) and severe injuries to Donna
Godding (the mothe... More...   $0 (06-29-2017 - MO)

Appellant pleaded guilty to the offense of assault of a public servant1, pursuant
to a plea bargain, and the trial court placed her on deferred-adjudication community
supervision for three years. After the State filed a motion to adjudicate appellant’s
guilt, appellant sent the trial court a letter in which she explained her difficult
childhood and her recent efforts to turn he... More...   $0 (06-22-2017 - TX)

Evidence adduced at trial revealed that in the spring of 2009, Evans moved into
Holling’s home as her tenant. The two previously had been romantically involved, but that
relationship had ceased before Evans moved in with seventy-year-old Holling. On the
morning of January 2, 2010, fifty-two-year-old Evans and his friend, Joe Thomas, were on
the way to perform a carpet-cleaning job ... More...   $0 (06-19-2017 - SC)

David White thought he had saved his house from foreclosure. He paid the
mortgage servicer, CitiMortgage, Inc., thousands of dollars to undo a sale to the
1The Honorable William Jay Riley stepped down as Chief Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at the close of business on March 10,
2017. He has been succeeded by the Honorable Lavenski R. Smith.
F... More...   $0 (06-19-2017 - MO)

On June 25, 1996, Michael Zack was indicted for the sexual assault,
robbery, and first-degree murder of Ravonne Smith. We described the facts of the
case on direct appeal as follows:
Although the murder of Smith took place on June 13, 1996, the chain of events which culminated in this murder began on June 4, 1996, when Edith Pope (Pope), a bartender in Tallahassee, lent her car t... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - FL)

In 2007, Braddy was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree
murder, two counts of kidnapping, burglary of a structure with an assault or battery
therein, child neglect causing great bodily harm, and attempted escape. Braddy v.
State, 111 So. 3d 810, 826 (Fla. 2012). On appeal, this Court set out the facts of
the crimes:
The evidence presented at Braddy’s... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - FL)

Hall was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of Anthony
Bernard Blunt. On direct appeal, this Court described the background of this case
as follows:
The evidence at trial revealed that on September 8, 2006, 22year-old Hall learned that his girlfriend, 18-year-old Angel Glenn, had been hired to dance and strip at a house party that night. Angel had been told she w... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - FL)

The facts of Bevel’s crimes were set forth in this Court’s opinion affirming
the convictions and sentences on direct appeal:
Thomas Bevel was charged with the February 2004 first-degree murders of Garrick Stringfield and his son Phillip Sims and attempted first-degree murder of Feletta Smith. The key events of February 28, 2004, which ended in two murders and one attempted murder, establ... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - FL)

A Rutherford County Grand Jury returned a multi-count indictment charging the Appellant with two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated robbery, and one count of attempted aggravated robbery. The charges stemmed from the Appellant’s entering a car occupied by Dale and Janet Lature, holding Mr. and Mrs. Lature at knifepoint, and taking money from Mrs. Lature.
<... More...   $0 (06-18-2017 - TN)

The relevant facts as discussed in Stidham’s direct appeal follow:
On the night of February 23, 1991, [Stidham] and several of his friends, including the decedent in this case, drove to the decedent’s apartment where they drank whiskey and played guitars. They eventually started “trading punches.” This evidentially started as horseplay but grew into an angry encounter between [Stidham] and ... More...   $0 (06-17-2017 - IN)

In February 2015, a jury convicted Ross William Ulbricht on seven counts
arising from his creation and operation of Silk Road under the username Dread
Pirate Roberts (“DPR”).1 Silk Road was a massive, anonymous criminal marketplace that operated using the Tor Network, which renders Internet traffic
through the Tor browser extremely difficult to trace.2 Silk Road users principally
b... More...   $0 (06-06-2017 - NY)

For the petitioner’s participation in a home invasion on December 24, 2003, a Shelby County jury convicted him of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, and unlawful possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. The trial court imposed consecutive sentences for the aggravated robbery and aggravated assault convictions, and ran the remaining sentences concurrently to one anot... More...   $0 (06-03-2017 - TN)

While living at the home of John and Merri Gerke, Thornton, without
permission, used a check belonging to the Gerkes to pay her rent at another location,
and used their bank account to pay several bills. The Gerkes reported the funds
stolen to Fifth Third Bank, which reimbursed the Gerkes $5,454.01, the full amount
stolen by Thornton.
{¶3} Thornton was indicted for two co... More...   $0 (05-31-2017 - OH)

As noted earlier, a jury found Defendant guilty of carjacking and two counts of armed robbery. He used the vehicle from the carjacking in one of the robberies, which he committed at a bank in Lafayette Parish.
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ERRORS PATENT:
In accordance with La.Code Crim.P. art. 920, all appeals are reviewed by this court for errors patent on the face of the record. After reviewing the record, we f... More...   $0 (05-28-2017 - LA)

This is one of several lawsuits Friends of Outlet Creek (Friends) is pursuing in an
effort to prevent asphalt production at the site of an aggregate operation. The Mendocino
County Air Quality Management District (District) and Grist Creek Aggregates, LLC
(Grist Creek) successfully demurred on the ground Friends can only proceed against the
District in an administrative mandamus pr... More...   $0 (05-26-2017 - CA)

A person with three convictions for violent felonies or
serious drug offenses who commits a federal firearms crime is an
armed career criminal and must be sentenced to at least 15 years
in prison — so says the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA," for
short). See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). Under the governing rule, the
government must prove the existence of the prior convictions b... More...   $0 (05-25-2017 - MA)

On September 11, 2008, the Shelby County Grand Jury indicted the defendant, James Hawkins, for the premeditated first degree murder of Charlene Gaither, his girlfriend and the mother of his three children. The indictment also charged him with initiating a false report relative to her disappearance and with abuse of her corpse. The State filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty as to th... More...   $0 (05-23-2017 - TN)