Plane Crash Law
 
Fernando Razo v. The State of Texas

Noe Moczygemba testified that on February 2, 2014, while he was driving his
truck on South Kirkwood Road, a “white Chevy truck” “passed” him “at a really
high rate of speed,” “shak[ing]” his truck and causing it to “rock from side-to-side.”
He then saw the white truck “impact[]” and “hit” a car, which went “flying from
side-to-side” and “spin[ning] after the impact.” Moczygem... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. JAVIER RIZO

In the early morning hours of October 27, 2013, Rizo and his girlfriend, Danielle Martinez, had an argument at a club in the Old Town district of Wichita, Kansas. At approximately 1:15 a.m., Rizo took Martinez' minivan keys, prompting Martinez to tell Rizo he could not drive her vehicle because he was drunk. Rizo responded by grabbing Martinez around the neck and pushing her, causing security pers... More...   $0 (08-18-2016 - ks)

Kelvin Benton v. The State of Texas

Appellant Noe Cosino was charged with felony driving while intoxicated
following a two-vehicle accident at the southernmost tip of Brazos County. Cosino and
the driver of the other vehicle were taken to a College Station hospital for medical
treatment. While Cosino was at the hospital, the investigating state trooper asked a nurse
to conduct a mandatory blood draw under the a... More...
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Jared Assavedo v. The State of Texas

Appellant was indicted for intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly causing serious
bodily injury to Claudia Lopez by striking a motor vehicle owned and operated by Lopez with a
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motor vehicle operated by appellant and by forcing Lopez’s motor vehicle from the roadway. He
was also indicted for intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, and with criminal negligence engaging
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United States of America v. Bruce Richard Sands, Jr.

Los Angeles, CA - Valencia man Who Caused $11 Million in Losses Related to Precious Metal Investment Scam Sentenced to over 11 Years in Federal Prison

A businessman who defrauded more than 300 investors in a precious metal investment scam was sentenced today to 135 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal fraud and money laundering offenses in a case that caused victims t... More...
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State of North Dakota v. Curtis Vernon Francis

Francis and another man, Michael Dax, were collecting signatures near the Jamestown Civic Center, a designated polling place, on voting day. They were doing so in an effort to get an initiated measure regarding environmental concerns placed on the next ballot. While they were collecting signatures, it began to rain. They moved under a canopy covering an entrance to the polling place. They continue... More...   $0 (07-28-2016 - ND)

State of Tennessee v. Patrick Wayne Evans

This case involves a car crash resulting in the death of Ralph Calendine, (―the victim‖). A Williamson County grand jury indicted the Defendant for three counts of vehicular homicide, charged alternatively, vehicular assault by impairment, and possession of a firearm while under the influence of alcohol. The State and the Defendant entered a plea agreement that provided for the Defen... More...   $0 (07-25-2016 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Kevin E. Trent

The defendant‟s conviction in this case arose from his involvement in an automobile crash that resulted in the death of the forty-year-old victim, a mother of four children. Pursuant to our sua sponte order, the record has been supplemented with the transcript of the guilty plea hearing and the presentence report. According to the presentence report, the defendant was driving under the in... More...   $0 (07-25-2016 - TN)

Calvin Castillo v. State of Indiana

In the early morning hours of January 3, 2015, Castillo decided to leave his
Indianapolis home following an argument with his wife. He took two pills of
the anti-anxiety drug clonazepam and drove to a liquor store, where he bought
a sixteen-ounce beer and drank it in the parking lot. Castillo then tried to get in
touch with a friend, but after failing to do so, he decided to ... More...
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Cory Devoyse Finn v. The State of Texas

Delma Moss, an employee for the City of Dallas’s street department, testified that he responded to a call of a tree down. While Moss and his coworker, Lawrence Davis, removed the tree from the road, a vehicle approached and struck Moss. Davis and Moss both testified that the driver never stopped. Neither Moss nor Davis saw the driver’s face. However, Davis found a piece of the vehicle that had... More...   $0 (07-22-2016 - TX)

RICHARD LEWIS KATZIN, et al. v. UNITED STATES

This post-trial opinion addresses claims by plaintiffs Dr. Richard Lewis Katzin (“Dr. Katzin”), Mary Beth Katzin Simon (“Ms. Katzin”), and Rose Marie Kjeldsen Winters (“Ms. Winters”) that the United States (the “government”) interfered with their ownership rights to a parcel of land (“Parcel 4”) which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean on Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, and that the interference effected a... More...   $0 (07-16-2016 - DC)

Christopher Darrell Jefferson v. The State of Texas

The indictment against appellant alleged in part that on or about January 29, 2013, he did:
unlawfully then and there intentionally cause the death of LATOYA MCGOWAN, an individual, hereinafter called deceased, by SHOOTING THE DECEASED WITH A FIREARM, A DEADLY WEAPON, and the defendant was then and there in the course of committing and attempting to commit the offense of BURGLARY of said dece... More...
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Fernando Munoz v. The State of Texas

Karen Martinez, the complaining witness, testified that she was asleep in her bed in the
early morning hours of October 17, 2010, when she was awakened by a loud crash at the back of
her house.2 She then heard a door creak and saw the silhouette of a man coming into her
bedroom. Her bedroom has a door that exits to the front of the house. She jumped out of bed
and ran for th... More...
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Christopher Nicholas Cavazos v. The State of Texas

Appellant requested a PSI be prepared before sentencing. At the beginning
of the sentencing hearing, the State offered the PSI into evidence, and appellant’s
counsel agreed, also stating that appellant had no “objections or corrections” to the
PSI. Several letters in support of appellant were also admitted into evidence.
A. Sentencing Testimony
At the hearing, two witn... More...
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK v. MYRON GREEN

Defendant struck and killed a pedestrian while driving an automobile around noon on June 21, 2012 in the Town of Bolton, Warren County. Defendant disclosed to officers responding to the scene that he had taken antianxiety medication prior to the crash. Defendant told one patrol officer for the Warren County Sheriff's Office in particular, Haley Grace, that he had taken two central nervous system... More...   $0 (07-09-2016 - ny)

LUIS GONZALEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Luis Gonzalez appeals following his convictions for the August 8, 2008, offenses of failing to stop or remain at the scene of a crash resulting in death and of manslaughter. He challenges the reclassification of his manslaughter offense from a second-degree to a first-degree felony based on the use of a "weapon," which in this
case was actually an automobile. We reverse and remand for the o... More...
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Jacob Thomas Gaulden v. State of Florida

Jacob Thomas Gaulden was charged with leaving the scene of a crash
involving a death, a first-degree felony under section 316.027(1)(b). State v.
Gaulden (Gaulden I), 134 So. 3d 981, 982 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). In brief, the
statute requires “[t]he driver of any vehicle involved in a crash . . . that results in
the death of any person” to “immediately stop” at the scene, comply ... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA Vs. JUBBARD PRICE

Defendant was convicted of the January 12, 2012 simple kidnapping of
Keishauna Keppard, Alisia White, Reyland Berry, Keris Lackings, and Lavonda
Hayes; and negligent homicide in the killings of Keishauna Keppard and Reyland
Berry on that same date.
On the morning of January 12, 2012, the police received a 911 call
concerning a shooting at a residence on Devine Street ... More...
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Wilson Orlando Matamoros a/k/a Wilson Matamoros a/k/a Wilson Orlando Matamoros Reyes v. The State of Texas

On February 7, 2014, at 11:30 P.M., officers responded to the scene of an accident
in Brownsville, Texas. It is undisputed that a minivan crashed into a bus stop
approximately ten minutes prior to the officers’ arrival, resulting in the death of Ricardo
Briones. Eyewitness testimony established that soon after the accident, a person was
seen exiting the van and running from t... More...
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United states of America v. Nader Salem Elhuzayel and Muhanad Badawi

Santa Ana, CA - Two Orange County Men Convicted of Conspiring to Join ISIL; They also Engaged in Fraud to Finance One’s Trip to Syria

A federal jury convicted two Orange County men – one of whom attempted to travel to the Middle East to join ISIL – of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Nader Elhuzayel and Muhanad B... More...
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Fredis Mauricio Flores v. The State of Texas

Around 10 p.m. on February 6, 2014, Deputy T. Hays with the Harris
County Constable’s Office was dispatched to a single-car accident on the toll road.
The vehicle had crashed into the cement wall along the road, causing significant
front end damage to the car. When the deputy arrived, Appellant was the only
person standing outside the car, and no one else was inside the vehic... More...
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. TYRONE HOWARD

We derive the salient facts from the trial record. On
March 26, 2009, defendant gave a sworn statement to the
Westhampton Township Police Department following an incident
with his estranged wife at their daughter's school. In his
statement, defendant claimed that he was crossing a driveway
outside the school with their daughter when his wife came within
inches of st... More...
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STATE OF IOWA vs. ALICIA RITENOUR

In January 2014, Ritenour was living with her daughter and her boyfriend,
Jacob Rauch,1 in a two bedroom apartment in Oskaloosa. Also living in the
apartment was Rauch’s best friend, Logan Cavan, and Ritenour’s fifteen-year-old
friend, A.P., who would stay with them while her father was out of town on
business. Ritenour and Rauch shared one bedroom, Ava had her own bedroom, <... More...
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Ismael Martinez v. The State of Texas

On June 14, 2013, Appellant saw the complainant Dorothy Baker at a Kroger store with her two sons, ages five and two. Appellant had been using “meth” and wanted money to buy more. Thinking he could get money from Baker if he threatened her children, Appellant decided to hide in the back of Baker’s van while she was inside the store. Baker left Kroger and drove to a CVS pharmacy, not knowing Appell... More...   $0 (06-18-2016 - TX)

STATE OF NEBRASKA V. EMMANUEL S. YANGA

Yanga was charged with two counts of attempted assault in the second degree, one count of use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, one count of criminal mischief, over $1,500, and one count of assault in the third degree following events which took place at approximately 4:30 a.m. on September 21. Trial took place on March 2, 3, and 4, 2015. Yanga and Mazaher Bakry had dated for almost three ye... More...   $0 (06-14-2016 - NE)

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