On 7 April 2003, defendant was indicted in Wayne County for first-degree
murder, first-degree statutory rape, first-degree statutory sex offense, indecent
liberties with a minor, lewd and lascivious conduct, and first-degree kidnapping of
five-year old “P.W.”1 Defendant was tried capitally in Wayne County, and his first
trial in the fall of 2004 ended in a mistrial due to juro

In September 1992, James Guzman was convicted for the August 10, 1991,
armed robbery and first-degree murder of David Colvin and was subsequently
sentenced to death for the murder conviction. On direct appeal, we reversed

1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.


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Guzman’s convictions an

Appellant John Turner asks us to overrule
nearly four decades of circuit precedent holding that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel does
not extend to preindictment plea negotiations. See United States v. Moody, 206 F.3d 609, 614–
15 (6th Cir. 2000) (citing United States v. Sikora, 635 F.2d 1175 (6th Cir. 1980)). We decline to
do so. Our rule—copied word for word from the Supreme

In 1989, following a jury trial, Billy Richard Glaze was convicted of multiple counts
of first degree-murder during a sexual assault and second-degree intentional murder for the
deaths of three Native American women. The three women had each been beaten to death
and were left naked and posed with large sticks protruding from their vaginas. The bodies
were discovered at differ

The State of Minnesota charged Wheeler with second-degree intentional murder in
August 2013. Because Wheeler had zero criminal history points, the charge carried a
presumptive duration of 306 months in prison, with a range of 261 to 367 months. See
Minn. Sent. Guidelines 4.A. Shortly after Wheeler was charged, defense counsel sought a
plea to manslaughter, but the State did

On December 28, 2013, A.F. (“Victim #1”) and his girlfriend, E.M. (“Victim #2”), were
walking home in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis (the “CWE”) around 11:00 or
11:30 p.m. when they passed two men on the opposite side of the street. Victims #1 and #2
continued to walk about a half a block when a man behind them told them to stop. Victim #1
turned around and a

Defendant was charged, along with Aaron Garrison (“co-defendant”), of tampering with a
vehicle by removing the tires without the consent of the owner. At trial, a police officer testified
that around 11:00 p.m. one night while on patrol he received a radio call for tampering at an address
on Virginia Avenue and responded to it. The officer testified that based on information from

NOPD 911 operator Ms. Shondrell Isadore testified that every 911 call for
police assistance is recorded, assigned an item number and generates an incident
recall report. The item number assigned the 911 call in this case was A-034256
12. Ms. Isadore identified State’s Exhibit 2 as the recording of the 911 call, made
by Jeremy Ballard on January 25, 2012, at approximately 7:11

Plaintiff and Appellant Jonathan Arvizu sued the City of
Pasadena after he fell over a retaining wall located beside a
recreational trail in the City’s Arroyo Seco Natural Park,
resulting in devastating personal injuries. Arvizu had entered the
Park in the dark, pre-dawn hours, while it was closed, in order to
go “ghost hunting” with a group of friends. While taking a
short

Las Vegas, NV - . The government is represented by Trial Attorney Ryan Connors, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Newman, and paralegals Christopher Kopf and Amanda Backer.

Edward N. Levine, 67, a resident of Novato, California, was sentenced on March 23, 2018 to 27 months in prison and followed by three years of supervised release for the sale of two black rhinoceros horns in Las Vegas. Le

On January 1, 1996, then-16-year-old S.G. lived in a facility that housed
juveniles who were transitioning out of the juvenile justice system. To celebrate
the holidays, the facility took the juvenile residents, including S.G., to a Houston
park where they stayed all day. However, at the end of day, S.G. missed the van
that brought the residents back to the facility. S.G. wa

This immigration case raises a single question: whether the petitioner’s conviction under New Jersey’s Receiving Stolen Property Statute, N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:20-7(a), constitutes an “aggravated felony” under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 66 Stat. 163, as amended. 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G). We conclude that it does and, accordingly, will deny the petition for review.

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New Haven, CT - Arianna Durant sued Target Corporation, American Specialties, Inc. on negligence theories.

Salt Lake City, UT - Man Convicted of Hate Crime for Using a Stun Device During a Racially-Motivated Assault of His Neighbor

Following a three-day trial, a jury found Mark Porter, 59, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, guilty yesterday of committing a federal hate crime when he used a stun device during the racially-motivated assault of a neighbor at his apartment complex in Draper, Utah. Ass

Following a four-day bench trial, the court entered
judgment in favor of Eleanor Licensing LLC and Denice
Shakarian Halicki and against Classic Recreations, LLC, T&D
Motor Company, Jason Engel and Tony Engel (collectively
Classic), ordering that Eleanor Licensing retain possession of a
vehicle identified as “Eleanor No. 1,” which had been
manufactured by Classic pursuant to

Jackson, MS - Jackson Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Importation of Chemicals to Manufacture Spice

Lester Singleton, 35, of Jackson, was sentenced on March 20, 2018 by U.S. District Chief Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to 108 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in importing the controlled substance 5-Fluoro-PB-22.

On April 19, 2015,

A jury awarded the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) and Contrice Travis back pay, compensatory damages, and punitive damages after finding that Travis’s employer, Exel, Inc., discriminated against her because of her sex. The discrimination occurred when Dave Harris, Travis’s supervisor, denied her a promotion in favor of Michael Pooler, a male employee. After the verdict, Exel

Central Islip, NY - Joel Ledgister sued American Airlines, Inc. on a personal injury negligence theory.

Abraham Gonzalez-Alarcon filed a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2241
alleging specific facts which, if proven, would demonstrate that he is a United States
citizen. He seeks release from custody from Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(“ICE”) following ICE’s reinstatement of a prior order of removal on that basis.
Dismissing Gonzalez-Alarcon’s petition, the district court concl

Plaintiff SV Care operated a medical marijuana collective in a commercial zoning
district in San Jose. Plaintiff J. Arthur Properties, II, LLC owns the building in which SV
Care operated. Defendants City of San Jose and City of San Jose Appeals Hearing Board
(collectively, the City) determined that a medical marijuana collective was not an
authorized use of the subject property and

Fresno, CA - Mexican National Sentenced for Destructive Marijuana Cultivation Operation in Sequoia National Forest in Kern County

Alfredo Cardenas-Suastegui (Cardenas), 57, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to manufacture, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana in the Sequoia National Forest, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott anno

Springfield, MO - Larry Kelley sued American Family Mutual Insurance Company on an auto insurance law theory.

Date Filed # Docket Text
01/17/2018 57 STIPULATION of Uncontroverted Facts by Larry Kelley. (Hosmer, William) (Entered: 01/17/2018)
01/25/2018 58 Joint PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS by Larry Kelley . (Hosmer, William) (Entered: 01/25/2018)
02/05/2018 59 Minute Entry.

A Taiwanese company entered into a contract to
manufacture and sell cellular telephones to a Japanese
company. The parties negotiated a forum selection clause
mandating that any dispute be resolved in a California court
under California law. Nothing in the creation, performance,
or alleged breach of the contract has any connection to
California. The Taiwanese company filed

Phoenix, AZ - Syrian National Convicted for Conspiring to Kill American Soldiers in Iraq

Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah, a Syrian national who had been living in Iraq, was convicted by a jury, following a six-week trial, of conspiring and supporting the 1920s Revolutionary Brigades, an insurgent group that planted road-side bombs to attack and kill American soldiers in Iraq. A jury convicted

The trial court found that Ponce and Aranda’s complaint was presented primarily for an
improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the
cost of litigation. (§ 128.7, subd. (b)(1).)
On appeal, Ponce and Aranda argue that the claims asserted in their complaint
were not frivolous and therefore, could not have been asserted for an improper purpos