This is the fourth school finance decision involving these parties and Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution, which imposes a duty on the legislature to "make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state." Kan. Const. art. 6, § 6(b). The plaintiffs filed suit in 2010 asserting that the State violated this constitutional requirement by inequitable and inadequate funding ... More...   $0 (03-03-2017 - KS)

Plaintiff/appellee Craig Reinhart, individually and derivatively as a
shareholder and director of Custom Advanced Connections, Inc. (CAC), sued
defendant/appellant Dorene Florie on February 6, 2015. The trial court issued a
temporary injunction in Reinhart’s favor on July 27, 2016, and Florie brought this
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interlocutory appeal. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 51... More...   $0 (03-02-2017 - TX)

On September 21, 2011, El Paso Police Officer Andres Guerra stopped a red vehicle near
8400 Wells Road in El Paso, Texas, for failing to use a turn signal and running a stop sign.
Three people were inside the vehicle; Leon was seated behind the driver in the car’s back seat.
Officer Guerra testified that all the vehicle’s occupants seemed “real nervous” and were making
“[f]ur... More...   $0 (03-01-2017 - TX)

Appellee Dale Foster sued his business partner, appellant Robert Hynds, for
fraud, breach of contract, and other claims arising out of an investment opportunity
in an oil and gas field in Alabama. Foster moved for summary judgment on his fraud


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and breach of contract claims. After the trial court rendered summary judgment in
Foster’s favor, ordering res... More...   $0 (02-28-2017 - TX)

We address a second appeal from an action by a contractor
seeking damages arising out of its construction of a house.
Following our remand, the district court determined that the
election of remedies doctrine and judicial estoppel required a
dismissal of the contractor’s claims. Because the claims were
consistently premised on the existence of a contract, no election
was re... More...   $0 (02-28-2017 - )

Appellant Pedro Jose Lopez-Cotto
("Lopez"), a police officer in the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts,
was indicted on charges of participating in a bribery scheme
whereby he referred large numbers of vehicle towing requests
to M & W Towing in exchange for a stream of benefits that included
discounts on the purchase of abandoned cars and equipment. After
a jury trial, Lopez w... More...   $0 (02-27-2017 - MA)

Only two witnesses testified at trial, both San Antonio Independent School District Police
Officers. Officer Rene Cano testified he was monitoring student activity on security cameras at
Sam Houston High School at approximately 2:45 p.m. on a school day when he observed two
students who were not in class standing in an area known for heavy narcotics use. Officer Cano
notified... More...   $0 (02-20-2017 - TX)

On March 22, 2015, Jackson County Deputy Sheriff Mark Wohlin stopped a vehicle speeding. Deputy Wohlin spoke with the driver and three passengers, including Cushinberry, and gathered their identification information. During the stop, Deputy Wohlin requested a K-9 unit to come and search the car. The K-9 unit indicated the presence of some substance in the vehicle, and Deputy Wohlin detained the oc... More...   $0 (02-06-2017 - KS)

Jesus Elizalde Berriozabal was convicted by a jury of one count of rape, one count of attempted rape, and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. Berriozabal was sentenced under Jessica's Law. On appeal, Berriozabal's convictions were affirmed but his sentences were vacated. Our Supreme Court remanded for resentencing. At the resentencing, the trial court denied Berriozabal's motion for durati... More...   $0 (02-06-2017 - KS)

We hold Brown reinitiated his interview with police after his unsuccessful attempt to contact a lawyer and in doing so knowingly and intelligently waived his previouslyinvoked right to counsel. Brown's subsequent inculpatory statements were freely and voluntarily given.

We hold further that the district court properly refused to give lesser included offense instructions for the felony-m... More...   $0 (01-22-2017 - KS)

The State charged James with rape in violation of K.S.A. 21-3502(a)(2). James waived a jury trial; his bench trial occurred in December 2012. At the trial, 7-year-old R.J. identified Ronald James as her grandfather. She then testified that, while they were alone in her bedroom, James took down her pants and underwear and then he "stuck his finger in my hole and that hurt." This occurred "just for ... More...   $0 (12-28-2016 - KS)

A federal statute makes it a crime “knowingly [to] execut[e] a scheme . . . to defraud a financial institution,” 18 U. S. C. §1344(1), for example, a federally insured bank, 18 U. S. C. §20. The petitioner, Lawrence Shaw, was convicted of violating this provision. He argues here that the provision does not apply to him because he intended to cheat only a bank depositor, not a bank. We do not ac... More...   $0 (12-26-2016 - DC)

According to the record, around midnight on August 6, 2015, Officer
Normand Walker, Jr., then a deputy for the Grant Parish Sheriff‟s Office, was on
patrol when he noticed that one of the taillights and the license plate light were out
on a green Chevrolet Z-71 truck travelling on Dyson Creek Road.1 Officer Walker
testified that he initiated a traffic stop with the driver of ... More...   $0 (12-10-2016 - LA)

On October 10, 2013, the complainant, Tenola Washington, was working at
an Exxon station in Chappell Hill, Texas. Around 11:00 p.m., after all of the
customers and the cashier had left, Washington locked the store and began cleaning.
Washington believed he was alone in the store at that time, but when he walked
down the hall, a man, later identified as appellant, jumped out o... More...   $0 (12-09-2016 - TX)

¶1 Section 24A.8(A) of the Open Records Act (the Act), 51 O.S.2011, § 24A.8(A)(2), required law enforcement agencies "to make available for public inspection . . . [f]acts concerning [an] arrest, including the cause of arrest and the name of the arresting officer . . . ." The questions presented to this Court are whether there was an arrest in the underlying criminal proceeding for purposes of the... More...   $0 (12-06-2016 - OK)

Robert McCloud appeals his convictions and sentences for the first-degree
murders of Dustin Freeman and Tamiqua Taylor. During the afternoon of October
3, 2009, McCloud and Andre Brown were driving around the Malibu
neighborhood of Orlando, Florida, when they ran into Joshua Bryson. The three


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visited Major Griffin at his house, where a series of discuss... More...   $0 (11-21-2016 - FL)

On July 10, 2015, Brewer pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit manufacture of methamphetamine, a level 1 drug felony, and to endangering a child, a class A person misdemeanor. At sentencing, the district court found Brewer had a criminal history score of G, presumptive prison, with a sentencing range of 136 to 155 months. As part of the plea agreement, the State and Brewer agreed that Brewer ... More...   $0 (11-12-2016 - KS)

On March 15, 2015, Wolf was accused of entering a running vehicle owned by Sandy Griffith, without Griffith's permission, while Dollie Link was in the passenger seat. Wolf drove Griffith's vehicle and engaged in a struggle with Link, took Link's coin purse, and then exited the vehicle.

Wolf entered into a plea agreement where she pled guilty to one count of robbery and one count of aggr... More...   $0 (11-12-2016 - KS)

On January 21, 2014, the Defendant was indicted for driving under the influence (“DUI”) and DUI per se. See T.C.A. § 55-10-401(1), (2). On November 24, 2014, the -2- Defendant appeared before the trial court on the DUI charges and a violation of probation charge. Defense counsel announced that the Defendant agreed to waive the hearing on the violation of probation, serve ten days in jail on... More...   $0 (11-05-2016 - TN)

Portland, OR - Jury Acquits Ammon Bundy and Others On Federal Conspiracy Charges

The United States of America charged Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Kenneth Medenbach, David Fry and others on conspiracy and other charges relating to occuption of Oregon's Malheur National Wiildlire Refuge for 41 days in January and February, 2016.


Docket Entries for October 2016:

Date File... More...   $0 (10-28-2016 - OR)

In 2014, the Federal Government indicted former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, Maureen McDonnell, on bribery charges. The charges related to the acceptance by the McDonnells of $175,000 in loans, gifts, and other benefits from Virginia businessman Jonnie Williams, while Governor McDonnell was in office. Williams was the chief executive officer of Star Scientific, a Virginia-bas... More...   $0 (10-23-2016 - DC)

“Congress adopted the Mine Act ‘to protect the health and safety of the Nation’s . . . miners,’” Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich, 510 U.S. 200, 202 (1994) (quoting 30 U.S.C. § 801(g)), by “strengthen[ing] and streamlin[ing] health and safety enforcement requirements” at the Nation’s mines, id. at 211. To accomplish its goals, the Mine Act “charges two separate agencies with complementary policyma... More...   $0 (10-23-2016 - DC)

San Diego, CA - Former NCIS Supervisory Special Agent Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Taking Bribes from Foreign Defense Contractor in Massive Fraud and Corruption Scandal

Former Naval Criminal Investigative Service supervisory special agent John Beliveau II was sentenced to 12 years in prison for disclosing sensitive law enforcement reports to a foreign defense contractor who was th... More...   $20000000 (10-15-2016 - CA)

On December 2, 2014, Todd Jones ("Mr. Jones") submitted to Secretary of State
Jason Kander ("Secretary of State") an initiative petition sample sheet proposing to amend
article VIII of the Missouri Constitution by adding section 23 ("Proposed Measure"). Mr.
Jones is the Deputy Treasurer of Returning Government to the People, a campaign
committee organized under the laws of the... More...   $0 (09-15-2016 - MO)

Los Angeles, CA - Former State Assemblyman Tom Calderon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Laundering Bribe Payments Made to His Brother

Thomas M. Calderon, a former member of the California State Assembly who became a political consultant, was sentenced to one year and one day of incarceration after he pleaded guilty to money laundering for allowing bribe money to be funneled through his f... More...   $0 (09-12-2016 - CA)