In the early morning hours of June 11, 1992, M.H.1 awoke to a man
smothering her with a pillow and holding a knife to her throat. Her attacker,
threatening to kill her and her fifteen-year-old son if she did not comply, demanded
and took money from her wallet, raped her, and then placed her in a closet with
orders not to move until he left the house. After he left, M.H. ran i... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - LA)

The State of Louisiana charged Leighton Comrie on June 4, 2012 with one
count of possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, a charge to which he
pled not guilty on July 13. On October 19, 2012, the court heard and granted his
motions to suppress the evidence and statement. On that date, Mr. Comrie waived
his right to a jury trial. The State sought review of the cou... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - LA)

The defendant was charged by bill of information on May 29, 2009, with
one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and one count of
possession with intent to distribute marijuana. After a motion hearing on
December 10, 2009, the trial court found probable cause and denied defendant’s
motion to suppress evidence. After a Prieur1 hearing on November 4, 2011, the <... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - )

A two-count bill of information charged defendant, Jackie Delane
Blake, with sexual battery and indecent behavior with a juvenile. By a
unanimous vote, a jury convicted defendant on both counts. On the first
count, sexual battery, defendant was sentenced to serve 99 years at hard
labor, with the first 25 years to be served without the benefit of parole,
probation or suspensi... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - LA)

On April 23, 2013, officers of the Monroe Police Department
responded to a burglary complaint at an apartment complex in Monroe,
Louisiana. At the base of the stairway, officers discovered a Louisiana
identification card and a brown jacket belonging to Robert E. Nelson
(“Nelson”). The following day, officers spotted Nelson in an automobile,
he attempted flight, but was quickl... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - LA)

On January 27, 2014, Rev. Barry Brister contacted the Sterlington
Police Department and reported that he was en route to the station with
Jacob Johnston, then 17 years old, who had confessed to sexually assaulting
E.H. (d.o.b. 7/1/05), an eight-year-old girl. Rev. Brister advised that E.H.’s
parents had contacted him after E.H. had asked them if all boys’ penises
were the same... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - LA)

On June 13, 2014, Quincy Wong, Kiera Moody, and Billy Wilson
broke into an apartment in the Village Square complex in Bossier City,
Louisiana. At the time of the break-in, the apartment was occupied by a
woman and her three-year-old child, who were in bed sleeping. The men
stated they were looking for the woman’s sister, and she explained to them
that her sister no longer liv... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - LA)

In the early morning hours of February 18, 2014, Defendant, Martavia
King and Malcolm Hall broke into the residence of 79-year-old Nathaniel
Cash in Gloster, Louisiana. A struggle ensued and Defendant held
Mr. Cash in a chokehold while Hall wrestled a gun from him and tied his
hands behind his back. During the struggle, Mr. Cash’s spine was fractured.
The men ransacked the h... More...   $0 (06-25-2016 - LA)

The State of Louisiana charged Leighton Comrie on June 4, 2012 with one
count of possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, a charge to which he
pled not guilty on July 13. On October 19, 2012, the court heard and granted his
motions to suppress the evidence and statement. On that date, Mr. Comrie waived
his right to a jury trial. The State sought review of the cou... More...   $0 (06-18-2016 - LA)

On March 10, 2015, the state filed a bill of information charging the defendant, Kwan Anderson, with obscenity, a violation of La.R.S. 14:106(A)(1). On August 3, the defendant pled guilty to the charge, and the district court ordered a pre-sentence investigation (PSI) report.1 At the guilty plea hearing, it was simply stated that the defendant “exposed [him]self in a public place.” On November 19,... More...   $0 (06-09-2016 - LA)

The Defendant was convicted of molestation of a juvenile under the age of thirteen for acts committed against his step-granddaughter E.H.3
ERRORS PATENT
In accordance with La.Code Crim.P. art. 920, all appeals are reviewed for errors patent on the face of the record. After reviewing the record, we find that there are three errors patent that render Defendant’s sentence for molestation of a... More...   $0 (06-09-2016 - LA)

Defendant Alfred W. Coursey, III, appeals from his
conviction for third-degree possession of cocaine, N.J.S.A.
2C:35-10(a)(1). The judgment of conviction was based on
defendant's guilty plea, following his indictment for fourth
degree possession of marijuana with intent to distribute,
N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1), -5(b)(12), and third-degree cocaine
possession. Defendant wa... More...   $0 (06-07-2016 - NJ)

Defendant Alfred W. Coursey, III, appeals from his
conviction for third-degree possession of cocaine, N.J.S.A.
2C:35-10(a)(1). The judgment of conviction was based on
defendant's guilty plea, following his indictment for fourth
degree possession of marijuana with intent to distribute,
N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1), -5(b)(12), and third-degree cocaine
possession. Defendant wa... More...   $0 (06-07-2016 - NJ)

Madrid’s victims were his two twin daughters, S.A.M. and S.E.M.1, who made an outcry of
sexual abuse to their mother, E.R., upon returning home from a month-long visit with Madrid’s
family. E.R. immediately called the police. The girls provided their statements to responding
officers and, days later, were interviewed by a forensic examiner. Based on the interviews, the
polic... More...   $0 (06-05-2016 - TX)

Angelo Atwell was sixteen years old when, in August 1990, he committed
armed robbery and first-degree murder. Under the statute then in effect, Atwell
was sentenced for the first-degree murder to a mandatory term of life
imprisonment, with the possibility of parole after twenty-five years, and was
sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the armed <... More...   $0 (06-01-2016 - FL)

The complainant in this case, A.L., was appellant’s stepdaughter. She was thirteen years
old at the time of trial. A.L. testified that appellant began showing her pornography when she
was four years old. As she got older, appellant progressed to touching her, kissing her and,
eventually, to sexual contact. On occasions, appellant would show A.L. pornography and then
force h... More...   $0 (05-30-2016 - TX)

San Francisco, CA - Jury Finds in Favor of Google on Patent Infringement Claims by Oracle

Oracle sued Google on patent infringement claim theories seeking $9 billing in damages. The case focused on 39 application programming interfaces that Google included in its Android operating system in 2009. The APIs that Google used were for Java.

The Java APIs were open-source, free for ... More...   $0 (05-26-2016 - CA)

The defendant, Daron Lundy (“Defendant”), timely appeals his conviction of
one count of armed robbery with a firearm, in violation of La. R.S. 14:64.3. In his
sole assignment of error, Defendant asserts that the district court erred in denying
his motion to suppress statement. After a thorough review of the record and the
relevant jurisprudence, we find that the district court ... More...   $0 (05-25-2016 - LA)

Leroy A. Lodge has three prior appeals with this court stemming from his
original conviction in 1983 for forcible rape, a violation of La. R.S. 14:42.1, which
was affirmed in State v. Lodge, 447 So.2d 88 (La. App. 4th Cir. 1984). The most
recent opinion, State v. Lodge, 15-0539 (La. App. 4 Cir. 9/23/15), 176 So.3d 612,
was rendered while this appeal was pending.1 This opinion... More...   $0 (05-25-2016 - LA)

Thomas Buxton discovered Defendant, then an Oakdale police officer, in his fifteen-year-old niece’s bedroom with his shirttail out and his pants-belt undone, hiding behind a door. Frank’s gun-belt was on the floor in the living room. The victim testified that Defendant asked her to lie about why he was on the premises. Specifically, she was to state that he was there to make his cousin Hesikiah Ha... More...   $0 (05-25-2016 - LA)

In the late afternoon hours of December 21, 2012, Shreveport police
were dispatched to the Shreveport home of Carolyn Butler. When police
entered the home, they found the lifeless body of Butler’s boyfriend, Larry
Patterson, in the bedroom of Butler’s 36-year-old son, Joseph. Patterson
had been shot twice, including a fatal shot to the head. Carolyn Butler had
witnessed Patt... More...   $0 (05-25-2016 - LA)

The defendant was pulled over for erratic driving by Sergeant Aubrey
Officer Tommy Garrett, Officer Matthew Graves, and Officer Christopher Place.2 2
Rawls, of the West Monroe Police Department, who testified:
• he was traveling in the inside lane of Cypress Street when a vehicle operated by the defendant passed him on his right;
• defendant crossed the fog line by at least five ... More...   $0 (05-21-2016 - LA)

The charges against Hampton arose from a high-speed automobile
chase on the streets of West Monroe, Louisiana, on the evening of January
22, 2014. Responding to a “BOLO” issued by the Ouachita Parish 1
Sheriff’s Office minutes earlier for a white, Ford Escape, Sergeant Todd
Cummings testified that the vehicle was a Honda Town and Country; however, the photographs in evidence of th... More...   $0 (05-21-2016 - LA)

On September 30, 2014, the defendant was arrested on three
outstanding warrants for failure to appear on traffic violations. She had six
young children and arranged for her next-door neighbors to watch the
children until her parents could come take custody of them. Several hours
later, the defendant’s mother took A.C., the defendant’s two-year-old
daughter, to Willis-Knighton... More...   $0 (05-21-2016 - LA)

In this appeal, we consider whether a defendant is entitled
to a jury trial when facing a third or subsequent driving while
intoxicated (DWI) charge pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-50. This
Court previously answered that question in the negative, over
twenty-five years ago, in State v. Hamm, 121 N.J. 109, 130
(1990), cert. denied, 499 U.S. 947, 111 S. Ct. 1413, 113 L. Ed.
... More...   $0 (05-14-2016 - NJ)