On May 21, 2013, the petitioner was convicted by a Bradley County jury of first degree premeditated murder and aggravated arson, for which he received concurrent sentences of life and twenty years. His convictions were affirmed by this court on direct appeal, and our supreme court denied his application for permission to appeal. State v. Russell Brown, No. E2013-02663-CCA-R3-CD, slip op. at 1 (T... More...   $0 (10-21-2016 - TN)

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)

Baumholser and A.L. married in January 2006. A.L.’s daughter from a
previous relationship, K.C., was four years old at the time of the marriage. In
August 2007, Baumholser and A.L. had a son. Baumholser and A.L. divorced
in 2009 when K.C. was eight years old.
[3] In February 2013, K.C. disclosed to her mother and grandmother that
Baumholser molested her on five separa... More...   $0 (10-14-2016 - IN)

On June 13, 2013, at 7:17 a.m., Kansas City police officer Richard Burnett received a
“check the welfare” dispatch call to Osborn’s residence in Clay County. Burnett arrived with a
sergeant and two other officers. They knocked on the front door several times with no response.
At one point, they heard movement in the garage, which—along with information from a neighbor
indicat... More...   $0 (10-13-2016 - MO)

Sycamore, IL - Defendant Found Guilty In Shaken Baby Case

The State of Illinois charged Keith L. Terrell, 26, with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery of a child for killing his 7-week-old daughter Kelis by shaking her violently in August 2013. Defendant's confession to the crime was videotaped.

(720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1)
Sec. 9-1. Firs... More...   $0 (10-08-2016 - IL)

On the evening of Sunday, November 11, 2012, the Plano Police Department responded
to a call about a possible burglary at 3121 Royal Oaks Drive, Plano, Texas, where they found
fifty-year-old Billy Tanner deceased in his home. He had sustained blunt force trauma to the
head and multiple stab wounds.
In the summer of 2012, Billy Tanner’s step-daughter, Casey James, her two child... More...   $0 (10-04-2016 - TX)

Gregory L. Gales appeals from the denial of his motion to correct a claimed illegal sentence. He argued before the district court that the sentencing court erroneously classified his 1976 California juvenile burglary adjudication as a person offense, resulting in a higher criminal history score and a longer sentence than if it had been classified as a nonperson offense.

Gales has an ... More...   $0 (10-01-2016 - KS)

On August 14, 2014, Todd Lee Harnden started drinking vodka around seven o’clock in the morning. That afternoon, he went with hismother to the Laramie Walmartto purchase propane for grilling. After paying for the propane inside, Harnden then waited outside for an employee to open the propane cage to exchange the empty propane tank for a full one. Harnden became impatient and went back inside th... More...   $0 (09-21-2016 - WY)

Appellants are three federal prisoners who spent several years housed in specially designated Communication Management Units (CMUs), a classification that meant family visits and communications with the outside world were curtailed. Appellants contend their designation to CMUs violated their due process rights. One appellant also alleges his continued CMU placement was in retaliation for protect... More...   $0 (09-21-2016 - DC)

HICKS, J. The defendant, David Aldrich, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial in Superior Court (MacLeod, J.), on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2, I(j) (2007). The defendant challenges the trial court’s ruling preventing him from crossexamining the victim about three of four allegedly false allegations of sexual assault that she had made against othe... More...   $0 (09-18-2016 - NH)

Early in 2014, Kemp began communicating with Gibson; Kemp claimed to
know Gibson from High School, although Gibson did not remember Kemp.
Gibson was pregnant, and Kemp claimed to be pregnant as well. The women,
both nineteen years old, continued to communicate via social media, text
messages, and telephone calls about their pregnancies throughout 2014, and
Kemp told Gibs... More...   $0 (09-18-2016 - IN)

On September 19, 2008, Williams and his friends discussed setting fire to a hay
filled barn in Fulton County. Williams then started a fire, and the barn and its
contents were destroyed.
[3] On September 28, 2008, Williams broke into a Fulton County residence with
the intent to steal property. He was observed leaving the residence carrying a
shotgun wrapped in a hooded swe... More...   $0 (09-18-2016 - IN)

Tulsa, OK - Jury Finds Defendant Guilty In Strangling Death of Woman

The State of Oklahoma charged Renese Bramlett, age 46, with first-degree murder in violation of 21 O.S. 701.1 for strangling her ex-girlfriend, Michelle Lynn Spence, to death in her car on March 20, 2015 in the parking lot of the apartment where she lived.

Title 21 O.S. 701.7 provides:



A. A p... More...   $0 (09-17-2016 - OK)

Modesto, CA - Defendant Found Not Guilty at End of Second Trial for Murder

The States of California charged Juan Manuel Tello with first-degree murder for killing Robert Ruvalcaba, age 38, who was found dead in an alley in west Modesto in 2011. The State claimed that Tello killed Ruvalcaba for asking to be paid an outstanding debt for drugs.

California Penal Code Title 8
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Ocala, FL - Jury Convicts Man of Killing Girlfriend's One Year Old Child

The State of Florida charged Kendall Corey Dustin Blyden, age 29, with first-degree felony murder for the 2014 death of 1-year-old Jayden Green, who died from blunt force head trauma.

Defendant claimed that the child fell out of his playpen.

Section 782.04 of the Florida statutes provides:

... More...   $0 (09-10-2016 - FL)

Seattle, WA - Jury Convicts Woman For Providing Guns To Son Killed In Shootout With Police

The United States of America charged Jeanne Tinker-Smith, age 64, with violation of 18 U.S.C. 922, aiding and abetting a felon in possession of a firearm, by providing guns to her son, a convicted felon, who was killed in a shootout with police. Defendant, a career civil servant with the City of Bel... More...   $0 (09-10-2016 - WA)

In accordance with a plea agreement, Sanders pled no contest to aggravated battery, a severity level 7 person felony, in violation of K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 215413(b)(1)(C). The State alleged that Sanders struck Larry McMillian with a "baseball bat or club" more than once on his left elbow and caused McMillian to sustain "extensive bruising and swelling to the extent he was not able to use his elbow fo... More...   $0 (09-09-2016 - KS)

Tacoma, WA - Suquamish Tribal Couple Sentenced to Prison for Repeated Physical Abuse of their Children

Six Children under the Age of Eight Removed from Home by Tribal Welfare Workers

A member of the Suquamish Tribe and his wife were sentenced to prison today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for the repeated physical abuse of two of their six children, announced U.S. Attorney Anne... More...   $0 (09-08-2016 - WA)

Fargo, ND - Man Who Set Fire to Somali Restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

Matthew Gust, 26, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for setting fire to a Somali restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and U.S. Attorney Christo... More...   $0 (09-06-2016 - ND)

Tulsa, OK - Tulsan Gets Life Plus Ten for Killing 14-Year-old Girl

The State of Oklahoma charged David Roble, II, Travis Murphy Lozado and Demonte Wayne Rushing with
first-degree felony murder, attempted robbery with a firearm and conspiracy as a result of the shooting death of 14-year-old April Montano, who was shot to death while riding in an extended-cab pickup driven by her fathe... More...   $0 (09-06-2016 - OK)

The defendant, David Aldrich, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial in Superior Court (MacLeod, J.), on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2, I(j) (2007). The defendant challenges the trial court’s ruling preventing him from crossexamining the victim about three of four allegedly false allegations of sexual assault that she had made against other men. He a... More...   $0 (09-03-2016 - NH)

Tulsa, OK - Man Gets Life Without Parole For Killing Ex-Girlfriend

The State of Oklahoma charged Erick Sherney Williams, age 39, with first-degree murder for killing Christian Shockley, age 24, on October 8, 2014. The victiom was attempting to terminate her relationship with Williams when she was shot outside her apartment.

It was not contested that Defendant shot the decedent. ... More...   $0 (09-03-2016 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Woman Found Guilty of Setting Fire That Killed Boyfriend

The State of Oklahoma charged Doreatha Poland with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, FELONY MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 11/03/2013

A. A person commits murder in the first degree when that person unlawfully and with malice aforethought causes the death of ... More...   $0 (09-01-2016 - OK)

Aberdeen, MS - Mississippi Man Sentenced to Eight Years In Prison For Conspiring To Provide Material Support To ISIL

Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 23, of Starkville, Mississippi, was sentenced today to serve 96 months in prison for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

On March 13, Dakhlal... More...   $0 (08-30-2016 - MS)

Defendant was convicted following a jury trial of two counts of murder in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man and a woman inside a Montgomery County apartment (133 AD3d 904 [2015], lvs denied 26 NY3d 1143, 1149 [2016]). He was sentenced as a second felony offender to an aggregate term of life in prison without the... More...   $0 (08-30-2016 - NY)