Jacksonville, FL - The State of Florida charged Randall Deviney with first-degree murder for killing 65-year-old Delores Futrell in 2008.

Court Events
Date Time Type Location Courtroom Cancelled
9/25/2008 9:00 AM ARRAIGNMENT DATE 330 E BAY ST (CIRCUIT) 6
10/23/2008 9:00 AM PRETRIAL 330 E BAY ST (CIRCUIT) 6
11/25/2008 9:00 AM ARRAIGNMENT DATE 330 E BAY ST (CIRCUIT) 6
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In October of 1996 passersby discovered the
body of a woman, Theresa Stone (victim), by the side of a road
in Fitchburg. Sixteen years later, in March of 2012, a
Worcester County jury convicted the defendant, Alex Scesny, of
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murder in the first degree and aggravated rape in connection
with her death.1 Before us is the defendant's appeal from these
conviction... More...   $0 (07-14-2015 - )

The Alameda County District Attorney filed an amended criminal information charging appellant with aggravated mayhem (Pen. Code1, § 205) and assault likely to
1 All further statutory reference are to the Penal Code, unless otherwise indicated.
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produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)) on Yvette Thigpen on February 19, 2012. ... More...   $0 (07-14-2015 - )

A home buyer appeals from an adverse judgment following jury trial of her
breach-of-contract, negligence, and misrepresentation claims against the seller.
Donna Canavan contends the trial court (1) erred in not granting a new trial when
the jury’s verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence; (2) erred in failing to
grant a directed verdict in regard to the individual liab... More...   $0 (07-11-2015 - )

Virginia M. Poindexter appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation (“MBCC”) on her claims arising from MBCC’s failure to timely release a lien placed on her residence after she satisfied her underlying debt obligation. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court’s judgment.
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In April 2001, Poindexter purchased an Audi sedan... More...   $0 (07-10-2015 - VA)

Tacoma, WA - A Hood Canal waterfront property owner pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to the federal felony offense of making a false statement to a federal official in connection with his unlawful construction of a beachfront bulkhead, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. JON KOLOSKI, 74, of Potlach in Mason County, constructed the bulkhead in September 2011, without the... More...   $0 (07-09-2015 - WA)

On the afternoon of August 3, 2009, Kathleen Briles was accosted outside of
her home in Manatee County, after returning from grocery shopping. Briles was
then dragged inside her home, where she was bound, gagged, and beaten to death
with her own antique twenty-three-pound cast iron sewing machine. Numerous
items were stolen from the home.
The victim’s husband, Dr. James... More...   $0 (07-09-2015 - )

Wayne C. Doty, who at the time of the crime was an inmate at Florida State
Prison, confessed to murdering fellow inmate Xavier Rodriguez and later pled
guilty to the crime. By a vote of ten to two, the jury recommended that Doty be
sentenced to death, and the trial court imposed a death sentence after carefully
weighing the aggravating circumstances against the mitigating circ... More...   $0 (07-09-2015 - )

The Musick Facility consists of about 100 acres of unincorporated land in Southern Orange County. Figure 5-1 from SEIR 564, reproduced below, taken from part of the traffic study in the report, nicely encapsulates its location in the county. As the airstrip markings in the upper left-hand quadrant of Figure 5-1 show, the land is almost due east of the old El Toro Marine Base (the airstrip markin... More...   $0 (07-07-2015 - )

In May 2005, Target Corporation entered into a contract with Palmer General
Corporation, the owner of land in the City of Yucaipa to develop a shopping center.
Under the agreement, Target agreed to purchase approximately 60 acres of the land
owned by Palmer, for the development (Project).
Target applied for a Preliminary Development Plan (PDP) and a General Plan
Amendmen... More...   $0 (07-06-2015 - )

In a bench trial before the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, defendant John Lee Cunningham was convicted of the first degree murders of Wayne Sonke, David Smith, and Jose Silva. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189.1) The trial court found true the special circumstance allegations that defendant committed multiple murders and that the murders of Sonke and Smith took place during the commis... More...   $0 (07-02-2015 - CA)

While visiting the home of Jerry and Diana Davidson, first-time guest Nancy Elizabeth Bowman was bitten in the face by the Davidsons’ dog, Bubba. Bowman sustained considerable injury as a result of the bite. She sued the Davidsons and alleged (1) that because they knew or had reason to know of Bubba’s dangerous propensities, they were strictly liable for her injuries resulting from the dog’s bite ... More...   $0 (07-01-2015 - TX)

Prisoners sentenced to death in the State of Oklahoma
filed an action in federal court under Rev. Stat. §1979, 42
U. S. C. §1983, contending that the method of execution
now used by the State violates the Eighth Amendment
because it creates an unacceptable risk of severe pain.
They argue that midazolam, the first drug employed in the
State’s current three-drug protocol,... More...   $0 (06-30-2015 - DC)

Marcus Bernard Williams, an Alabama death-row prisoner, appeals the
District Court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He argues that
his lawyers were ineffective during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial
Case: 12-14937 Date Filed: 06/26/2015 Page: 1 of 22
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because they failed to investigate, discover, or present as mitigating evidence the
f... More...   $0 (06-26-2015 - AL)

A juvenile offender convicted of first-degree murder appeals his
resentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In this
appeal, we determine the factors a court must use when it sentences a
juvenile offender for first-degree murder. Because the district court did
not have the benefit of this decision when it sentenced the juvenile, we
vacate the sentence and ... More...   $0 (06-26-2015 - IA)

¶1 On November 14, 2007, the Muskogee County District Attorney's office filed first degree murder charges against two men, Clinton Potts and Chad Pippin, for the 2004 murder of a man named Gregory Clark. Respondent Ward, who was then an assistant district attorney in Muskogee County, was the lead prosecutor at trial. Respondent Starr represented Mr. Potts. The jury trial of Mr. Potts began on Jul... More...   $0 (06-23-2015 - OK)

In our layered system of trial and appellate courts everyone’s assured at
least two chances to air a grievance. Add to this the possibility that a lawsuit
might bounce back to the trial court on remand or even rebound its way to appeal
yet again — or the possibility that an issue might win interlocutory review — and
the opportunities to press a complaint grow abundantly. No d... More...   $0 (06-16-2015 - UT)

Plaintiffs Etelvina and Pedro Jimenez appeal from summary judgment in favor of
defendant 24 Hour Fitness USA, Inc. (“24 Hour�) in plaintiffs’ negligence action
stemming from a catastrophic injury sustained by Etelvina while using a treadmill at 24
Hour. Plaintiffs asserted that 24 Hour was grossly negligent in setting up the treadmill in
a manner that violated the manufacture... More...   $0 (06-09-2015 - CA)

Defendants are all related. Defendants Samuel Navarro and Joseph Navarro are
brothers. Defendant Eric Garcia is the brother of Lizbeth Robles, who is Samuel
Navarro’s girlfriend; thus, Garcia is Samuel Navarro’s de facto brother-in-law.
At one time, Garcia and Joseph Navarro were friends with Luis Arceo, who lived
next door to Samuel Navarro. However, during a party at Arceo’... More...   $0 (06-09-2015 - CA)

Following a jury trial on a 15-count indictment, defendant Royce Lyn Scott was convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering 78-year-old Della Morris in her home. Specifically, Scott was convicted of the first degree murder of Morris (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a); count 4), burglary (id., § 459; count 1), and the rape and sodomy of Morris (id., §§ 261, subd. (a)(2), 286, subd. (c); counts 2 an... More...   $0 (06-08-2015 - CA)

¶1 On March 21, 2014, a Criminal Information was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, against the Respondent, Larry Douglas Friesen (Respondent), an attorney and member of the Oklahoma Bar Association.1 The Criminal information accused the Respondent of willfully failing to pay income and FICA taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Respondent w... More...   $0 (05-26-2015 - OK)

WASHINGTON – Three subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corporation, the largest utility in the United States, pleaded guilty today to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $68 million criminal fine and spend $34 million on environmental projects and land conservation to benefit rivers and wetlands in North Car... More...   $102000000 (05-22-2015 - NC)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Brian Christian Drabek with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LEWD, LEWD MOLESTATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123
Date of Offense: 04/23/2014
Count # 2. Count as Filed: LEWD, LEWD MOLESTATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123
Date of Offense: 04/23/2014
Count # 3. Count as Filed: LEWD, LEWD MOLESTATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123
D... More...   $0 (05-20-2015 - OK)

Cleveland, OH - The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Marathon Petroleum Corporation today that resolves various alleged Clean Air Act violations at ten Marathon facilities and requires Marathon to take steps to reduce harmful air pollution emissions at facilities in three states. The Department of Justice and EPA allege that Marathon ... More...   $0 (05-19-2015 - OH)

Roy Butler, a parole eligible life prisoner, challenged the constitutionality of the process used by the Board of Prison Terms (Board) to determine whether prisoners such as him are suitable for release on parole. Specifically, he contended that the Board’s practice of deferring the fixing of a prisoner’s base term (which measures individual culpability for the commitment offense) and adjusted... More...   $0 (05-15-2015 - CA)