In July 2016, Pinkston pled guilty to Class B felony dealing in
methamphetamine (manufacturing). The statutory sentencing range at the time
of his offense (April 2014) was six to twenty years, with an advisory sentence of
ten years, see Ind. Code Ann. § 35-50-2-5 (West 2012), but his plea agreement
called for a sentence of eight years, with six years to serve in a setting

At some point, a confidential informant told Evansville Police Detective Chris
Goergen that he had observed cocaine, marijuana, and a firearm at a residence
in Evansville. In the late afternoon or early evening on December 16, 2014,
Detective Goergen spoke with the informant who had seen the firearm in the
residence earlier that day. The informant confirmed through a photo th

Defendant was convicted of two counts of child endangerment under ORS 163.575(1)(b), which prohibits knowingly permitting a minor “to enter or remain in a place where unlawful activity involving controlled substances is maintained or conducted.” The issue in this case is whether that statute is violated when a person knowingly possesses drugs in a container—here, a purse—while in a car wit

On the evening of February 18, 2014, Officer Flaude Dillon (“Dillon”) of the
Logansport Police Department (“LPD”) was speaking with Sabrina Brewer
(“Brewer”) in the lobby of the Cass County jail. Dillon had been summoned to
the jail by the Cass County sheriff, to whom Brewer had earlier reported what
she was then telling Dillon: Brewer had just been to a home on Wab

BoDe Tower is an Oklahoma limited liability company which owns a tract of land in the Gooseneck Bend area of Muskogee County. The property lies less than three miles outside of the City of Muskogee near a sharp meander in the Arkansas River. In 2009, BoDe Tower began the process of securing authorization from state and federal officials for the construction of a telecommunications tower on the tra

Plaintiff Eric Halbach (Halbach) suffered serious injuries when he fell as a result of uneven pavement on a public sidewalk adjacent to a commercial building owned by defendant 100 & 200 Clarendon Street, LLC (Clarendon), and
operated, leased, and maintained by one or more of the remaining defendants (collectively, Normandy). Halbach and his wife, Kathleen Halbach, subs

There are five dates or date ranges that are significant in this litigation. We
will give first an overview of their importance and then discuss each in more detail.
Next, we will provide an overview of the parties’ trial theories and discuss the key
rulings made by the trial court related to experts and the jury charge.

A. Significant historical dates

The firs

On June 10, 2014, the State charged Elliott with three counts of Dealing in
Cocaine, one as a Class A felony, and two as Class B felonies, and one count of
Maintaining a Common Nuisance, as a Class D felony.2 On December 17,
2015, pursuant to a plea agreement with the State, Elliott pled guilty to one
count of Dealing in Cocaine, as a Class B felony, and the other charges were

On August 15, 2011, Michael Marshall, working as a confidential informant for
the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, participated in a controlled buy that
was audio/video recorded. He called and arranged to purchase one gram of
methamphetamine for $100 at Fink’s home in Corydon. Jeremy Ripperdan
was Fink’s boyfriend at the time and often stayed at her home. Marshall

Fraley was born on November 16, 1993, and lived most of his life in Ripley
County with his mother. He began smoking marijuana at age twelve, drinking
alcohol at age thirteen, and experimenting with all other illegal narcotics except
for “LSD” and “mushrooms.” Appellant’s App. at 44. Fraley began to smoke
marijuana daily when he was thirteen, and he began to sell ma

On June 9, 2009, Elkhart County law enforcement officers executed a search
warrant at Weaver’s home. Weaver, his wife, and their two minor children
were present in the residence at that time. Among other things, the officers
located the following items inside the home: (1) .3 grams of methamphetamine
in the pocket of Weaver’s wife; (2) sixteen blister packs of pseudoephe

Plaintiffs are contract customers of defendant or household members
of the homes defendant contracted with to provide service. Defendant,
Greater Ouachita Waterworks, Inc. (“Greater Ouachita”), provides water
service to plaintiffs at their homes and/or places of employment. On August
4, 2015, plaintiffs filed a petition for damages and an injunction related to
the wa

The City notified appellant on August 19, 2014, that the conditions of his residence in
Richardson failed to comply with City ordinances. Specifically, appellant was notified that the
accumulation of trash, debris, lumber, and other items on his property violated the nuisance
ordinance, and that the outside storage of furniture, boxes, containers, and other materials
violated

Around 6:00 a.m. on November 21, 2014, six to ten officers of the Michigan
City Police Department went to Williams’ residence on Highland Avenue to
serve an arrest warrant on Robert Sanders, Jr. Sanders is Williams’ brother,
and, according to his driver’s license records, Sanders lived at Williams’
residence. Williams’ minor niece, V.G., also lived at that residence

The plaintiffs are severely disabled California residents. They alleged that “[c]onventional medical services, drugs and medications” have not alleviated the pain caused by their

impairments. Each of them has therefore “obtained a recom- mendation from a medical doctor” to use marijuana to treat her pain. This medical marijuana use is permissible under California law, see

During a break in their on-again-off-again relationship, defendant Dunn and Tracy Shaw, who had obtained a protection order against Dunn, encountered one another at a bank in Parsons. Shaw visited the bank daily as part of her job as a courier. According to bank employees, Dunn had been wandering around outside the bank before Shaw's arrival, and he eventually entered the bank, inquired about open

On September 19, 2012, Conner was arrested after he sold cocaine to two
confidential informants during three separate controlled buys arranged by the
Elkhart Police Department. Conner sold the cocaine from his home, which
was located within 1000 feet of a youth program center. On September 24,
2012, the State charged Conner with three counts of Dealing in Cocaine, as
Cla

On the evening of May 26, 2015, Officers Shane Melton, Adam Martin, and
Charlie Fourkiller of the Kokomo Police Department were involved with
undercover work in association with a drug task force. The officers had met
behind a business in Kokomo to set up some plans for an investigation. Officer
Gibson, who was patrolling on his horse nearby, saw Jeremiah Floyd and
Chris

Defendant Mohammad Azmat appeals from a July 30, 2014 Law
Division order, following de novo review of his municipal court
conviction for failure to maintain trees in violation of
Franklin Township, Maintenance of Trees and Shrubs Ordinance §
222.17 (Ordinance § 222.17). After careful review of the record
June 13, 2016
A-0296-14T3 2
in light of the issues raise

This interlocutory appeal calls upon us to decide whether V.S.A. § 462 creates an exemption from the general six-year limitation for the State of Vermont’s claims against a host of defendants for generalized injury to state waters as a whole due to groundwater contamination from gasoline additives. On the basis of the statute of
limitations, the trial court dismissed the State’s claim

Howard struggled with alcohol and resided at Thirteen Steps halfway house
where he met Robert Jennings, who also resided there for a time under the
supervision of the Allen County drug court for manufacturing
methamphetamine. Howard was self-employed, working part-time scrapping
metal. Howard and Jennings worked together on a roofing project through
Thirteen Steps, where

On December 27th, 2012, Shelley shook his girlfriend’s infant daughter, causing
her death. He was charged with murder,3 battery resulting in death,4 battery
resulting in serious bodily injury,5 aggravated battery,6 and neglect of a
dependent resulting in death.7 Shelley pled guilty to murder as part of a plea
agreement, providing that the court impose a sentence between fif

In October 2014, a confidential informant provided information to Detective
Norman Rimstidt (“Detective Rimstidt”) that a man named Shawn was dealing
heroin in Bright, Indiana. The informant provided Detective Rimstidt with the
heroin dealer’s cell phone number. The detective obtained a cell phone warrant
and learned that the cell phone number was registered to Willingham

On March 31, 2015, Officer Flaude Dillon of the Logansport Police
Department, who also serves on the department’s meth suppression unit,
received a tip concerning Dewitt and Jesse Dewitt (Jesse) from a fellow
narcotics officer. The information prompted Officer Dillon to review records
from the national pseudoephedrine database.1 Because Officer Dillon
considered the qu

Tinker was arrested on July 16, 2012. On July 19, 2012, the State charged him
with Class D felony maintaining a common nuisance,3 Class A misdemeanor
dealing in marijuana,4 Class A misdemeanor possession of marijuana,5 and
Class A misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia.6 On July 31, 2012, the trial
court appointed a public defender to represent Tinker and scheduled pretrial