Robbery Law
 
STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. GERARDO GOMEZ

Defendant was charged, along with others,1 for his
involvement in a murderous late night attack in a Newark
schoolyard on August 4, 2007, that resulted in the deaths of
three of their victims, Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey, and
Iofemi Hightower. A fourth victim — Natasha Aeriel — was
slashed, shot, and sexually assaulted; she survived. At the
conclusion of a lengthy... More...
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JACQUES LOUIS

The defendant, Jacques Louis, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree with a deadly weapon in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 (a)1 and 53a-134 (a) (2)2 and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery in the seconddegreeinviolationof§ 53a-48andGeneralStatutes (Rev. to 2011) § 53a-135 (a) (1).3 On ap... More...   $0 (02-01-2016 - CT)

State Of Montana v. Henderson

From August 2000 through January 8, 2008, Fire Insurance Exchange (FIE)
insured Henderson’s home in Clancy, Montana, against various perils including theft and
vandalism. In 2005, Henderson moved from the home and relocated out of state. She
left many personal items behind in the home. On May 1, 2007, Henderson contacted FIE
to initiate a claim under her homeowner’s policy. ... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. James Mitchel Conrad

Tahlequah, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged James Mitchel Conrad with:

1. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY WITH A WEAPON

2. LARCENY OF MDSE. FROM A RETAILER

3. OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER, in violation of 21 OS 540

01-06-2014

MO: 12-26-2013 ROBBERY BY FORCE & FEAR, ASSAULT/BATTERY

Document Available at Court Clerk's Office



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Verenzo Green v. State of Mississippi

While on patrol on February 28, 2012, Lieutenant George Pirkey and Agent David
Washington, both with the Adams County Sheriff’s Department, saw Green standing by a
open-trunked vehicle in a convenience store parking lot. Lieutenant Pirkey testified that he
knew, and confirmed with dispatch, that Green had an outstanding warrant. Also according
to Lieutenant Pirkey, when Green saw... More...
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Commonwealth Of Massachusetts v. Laguer

On January 30, 1984, Benjamin Laguer was convicted by a jury in Superior Court of unarmed robbery,
breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, assault and battery, and aggravated rape.1 On appeal from a denial of the latest in a long series of motions2 for a
new trial, the defendant argues that the motion judge erred in
finding that certain evidence, spe... More...
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Willie Moore v. State of Indiana

Officer Christopher Helmer (“Officer Helmer”), a patrolman with the
Speedway Police Department, worked as a “courtesy officer” for Coppertree
when he was not working as a patrolman with the police department. (Tr. 4).
As a courtesy officer, he was responsible for Coppertree’s security and
responding to service calls. On July 12, 2014, Officer Helmer was at
Coppertree wh... More...
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Paris Hardy v. State of Indiana

On August 11, 2014, Hardy and his brother, Patrick, broke into and entered the
home of the Abplanalp family in Indianapolis. The Hardy boys stole a Kindle
tablet, an iPhone 5, and a Nikon camera from inside the home. The front door
and frame as well as an interior window were damaged during the incident.
[3] On August 21, the State charged Hardy with burglary, as a Level 2 fe... More...
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Sherry A. Fairchild v. State of Indiana

On November 29, 2013, Fairchild and her friend went into a Walmart store in
Howard County. Fairchild purchased a box of syringes and then placed
additional items,2 for which she had not paid, into her bag and exited the store.
Fairchild was stopped by Walmart security personnel who then notified the
Kokomo Police Department. After Fairchild consented to a search of her car, ... More...
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Ronald L. Sanford, Jr. v. State of Indiana

In August 1987, thirteen-year-old Sanford and a friend forced their way into
Sanford’s elderly neighbors’ home. Sanford demanded money from eighty
seven-year-old Julia Belmar and eighty-three-year-old Anna Harris. Sanford
stabbed both women multiple times, killing them.
[4] In March 1988, the State charged Sanford as a juvenile for his role in the
stabbing deaths of Belma... More...
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United States of America v. Eric Lee Webb

Fargo, ND - Iowa Man Changes His Plea to Guilty in the Robbery of a Fargo Inn

Eric Lee Webb, 31, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, officially changed his plea to guilty before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a three count Information. The Information charged Webb with 1) Interference with Commerce by Threats and Violence-Hobbs Act Robbery 2) Use and Carrying of a Firearm during and in R... More...
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State of Montana v. Sandra Lee Ann Cantrell

Dillon, MT - Transient woman found guilty of stabbing man during encounter in campground

The State of Montana charged Sandra Lee Ann Cantrell, age 51, with deliberate homicide, felony assault wiht a weapon, felony tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, and misdemeanor theft for stabbing Mark Robert Mullen to death on August 8, 2014, at the Bryant Creek Campground near Wise Riv... More...
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State of Louisiana v. Charles Carter, Jr.

New Orleans, LA - Defendant convicted of killing UNO student and paralyzing lawyer

The State of Louisiana charged Charles Carter, Jr., age 19, with shooting and killing Valan May during a car jacking and shooting and paralyzing New Orleans attorney Sanford Bull "Sandy" Kayner during a robbery in 2012.

The State alleged that Defendant and two other men engaged in a series of robbe... More...
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State Of Kansas v. Smith

In exchange for Smith's guilty pleas entered in 2006 and his agreement to testify against an accomplice, the State dismissed one count of first-degree premeditated murder, which was charged as an alternative to the felony-murder count. It was agreed both parties would recommend that Smith receive the low (mitigated) grid-box sentence for the aggravated robbery conviction, which would run consecuti... More...   $0 (01-29-2016 - KS)

State of Delaware v. Emmanuel A. Robinson

On November 14, 2014, Defendant Emmanuel A. Robinson pled guilty to one
count of Possession of Ammunition by a Person Prohibited. As part of the plea
agreement, the State agreed to dismiss all of the remaining charges which included four
counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, four additional counts of
Possession of Ammunition by a Person Prohibited, one coun... More...
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Kenneth Allen Goetz v. The State of Texas

Kenneth Allen Goetz appeals the judgment convicting him of aggravated robbery. Goetz
pled no contest to a charge of aggravated robbery in exchange for the State’s recommendation that
adjudication be deferred. Pursuant to the plea agreement, the trial court deferred adjudication and
placed Goetz on community supervision for a period of five years. The State later filed a motion
... More...
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Jordan Lewis v. The State of Texas

In 2012, Appellant was incarcerated in the Wilson County jail. At that time,
Appellant worked in the jail’s kitchen as an inmate trustee, helping to prepare
meals for the other inmates. On the morning of March 3, 2012, Appellant obtained
a knife, which had an eight-inch blade, from the jail employee in charge of the
kitchen for the purpose of cutting up tomatoes. After he ha... More...
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Damion Gentry v. The State of Texas

Around 3:00 a.m. on January 19, 2012, Masario Garza was driving to work
on Highway 90 in Fort Bend County. Highway 90 has four lanes, with two on
each side of the road. Garza was in the outside lane. As he approached the
intersection with FM359, Garza slowed down for a red light. Garza noticed that a
gray truck was to his left in the inside lane. The truck was being driven... More...
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State of Florida v. Victor Salastier Diaz

Palm Beach, FL - Jury convicts Three Amigos robber of murder

The State of Florida charged Victor Salastier Diaz, age 53, with first-degree murder for killing Samuel Salomon, age 70, who was hit by an errant bullet fired from a car of suspects fleeing a West Boynton convenience store robbery. ... More...
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People Of Illinois v. Burns

On June 13, 2009, at about 4 a.m., two police officers in a marked police squad car responded to a dispatch call of “shots fired” in the area of 73rd and Blackstone in the city of Chicago. As the officers approached that location, they saw three men getting into a black Nissan, which was parked on 73rd Street, facing east. A woman was sitting in the driver’s seat. ¶ 6 Officer McDonough, who was d... More...   $0 (01-25-2016 - IL)

People Of Illinois v. Hughes

Defendant Cavinaugh Hughes was convicted in a bench trial of first-degree murder in the 2005 shooting deaths of Elijah Coleman and Joshua Stanley. Coleman was a 68-year-old man shot multiple times at his Chicago home in a botched robbery on November 18, 2005; Stanley was defendant’s alleged coconspirator, gunned down in an alley the next day. Defendant’s own statements in taped police interrogatio... More...   $0 (01-25-2016 - IL)

TARIG SMITH v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA

Tariq Smith was tried by a Fulton County jury and convicted of murder
and several other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Emmanuel
Opoku-Afari. Smith appeals, contending that the trial court erred when it
removed one of the jurors after the evidence was closed. We find no merit in
that contention, but we note that the trial court erred when it failed to sentence
S... More...
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Salvador Esquivel-Castillo v. The People of the State of Colorado

Esquivel-Castillo petitioned for review of the judgment of the court of appeals
affirming his conviction of felony murder. People v. Esquivel-Castillo, No. 09CA1505
(Colo. App. Aug. 29, 2013) (not published pursuant to C.A.R. 35(f)). A jury acquitted
him of a separate count of kidnapping, charged according to the “seized and carried”
alternative way of committing that crime, ... More...
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Adkins v. State Of Arkansas

In 2013, appellant Joseph Adkins entered guilty pleas to two counts of aggravated
robbery and one count of theft of property, and residential burglary.1 The trial court imposed
an aggregate sentence of 360 months’ imprisonment in the Arkansas Department of Correction,
with an additional 120 months’ suspended. Adkins filed a petition for postconviction relief
under Arkansas Rule o... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA Vs. ROBERT TOUSSAINT

Defendant was charged by bill of information on December 14, 2013, with
unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, in violation of La. R.S. 14:68.4. Defendant
appeared for arraignment on February 10, 2014, and entered into a plea of not
guilty. Thereafter, Defendant filed a motion for preliminary hearing and a motion
to suppress. On July 21, 2014, the trial court denied the motion... More...
   $0 (01-24-2016 - LA)

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