Officer Robert Rodriguez, who formerly worked for the Woodbranch Police
Department, testified that he observed a white Cadillac traveling at a high rate of
speed on the highway. Rodriguez activated his patrol vehicle’s lights and siren and
began following the vehicle. Rodriguez realized that the driver was attempting to get
away, and Rodriguez called dispatch and provided the v... More...   $0 (11-27-2017 - TX)

Dog bites dog. So begins this federal case about searches and
seizures allegedly gone awry, if not the newspaper story about the dispute. Detroit has a straydog
problem. As many as 50,000 of them roam the city’s streets and abandoned homes,
sometimes in packs. One group in a position to appreciate the seriousness of the problem, the
United States Postal Service, ranked Detroit sixt... More...   $0 (11-26-2017 - MI)

On October 30, 2015, the New York Police Department filed a report detailing a
physical assault involving Serrano at an apartment located on 80 East 110th Street (the
“Apartment”). Shortly thereafter, state law enforcement authorities seized 122 cartridges of
ammunition and a bulletproof vest from the Apartment. On November 18, 2015, Serrano
surrendered to authorities to face... More...   $0 (11-26-2017 - NY)

2014
The police arrested Marks on October 18, 2014, for driving while
intoxicated, enhanced by a previous DWI conviction, a class A misdemeanor.
See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 49.09(a) (West Supp. 2016). Marks was released
on a surety bond the same day.
2015
More than six months passed before the State filed, on May 4, 2015, an
information formally charging Marks for... More...   $0 (11-25-2017 - TX)

Appellant and L.P. dated for over thirteen years, and they had four children
together, including the complainant, D.M., who was fourteen years old at the time
of trial. By the summer of 2014, appellant and L.P. had ended their relationship, but
their children still saw appellant. On June 16, 2014, when D.M. was twelve years
old, L.P. left her children alone with her cousin, a... More...   $0 (11-25-2017 - TX)

New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Attorney Sentenced for His Role in Honest Services Fraud and Bribery Scheme at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court

JAMES JOHNSON, age 38 of New Orleans, was sentenced on November 21, 2017 by United States District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle after previously pleading guilty in the midst of trial for his role in operating a long-running and extensive bribery an... More...   $0 (11-25-2017 - LA)

This lawsuit arises from the death of Jeremy W. Vann, who was shot and killed by police in a retail parking lot in Southaven, Mississippi during a small-scale drug sting operation. Because there are genuine issues of material fact that preclude the qualified-immunity determination as to one of the defendants, we AFFIRM in part, VACATE in part, and REMAND to the district court.
I.
The City ... More...   $0 (11-25-2017 - MS)

In the early evening of October 31, 2013, on Halloween, the victim, David
Savoy, and his family were out trick-or-treating. Mr. Savoy was sitting in his truck
in a neighbor‟s driveway after his wife and children had gotten of the truck. As
Mr. Savoy sat waiting, Defendant approached the truck, pointed a rifle at Mr.
Savoy, and asked Mr. Savoy something about Defendant‟s... More...   $0 (11-24-2017 - LA)

This case concerns the criminal history provisions of the
Sentencing Guidelines. A defendant’s criminal history is
calculated by assigning points for prior sentences. The
Guidelines instruct that prior sentences “always are counted
separately if the sentences were imposed for offenses that were
separated by an intervening arrest.” More...   $0 (11-22-2017 - )

The evidence at trial tended to show the following:
Defendant and Amber Gottschalk (“Ms. Gottschalk”) met in February of 2014
when Defendant hired Ms. Gottschalk as a prostitute. From then until May of 2014,
Defendant and Ms. Gottschalk continued in an illicit intimate relationship, with
Defendant acting as both a pimp and protection for Ms. Gottschalk. In exchange,
Def... More...   $0 (11-21-2017 - NC)

This case arises from evidence a police officer found in a vehicle that the
Petitioner had been driving before it crashed. With regard to this evidence, a Williamson County grand jury indicted the Petitioner for initiating the process to manufacture methamphetamine, driving with a suspended, cancelled, or revoked license, and driving with a suspended, cancelled, or revoked license–6th offens... More...   $0 (11-20-2017 - TN)

Defendant was charged with the November 6, 2015 aggravated second
degree battery and second degree kidnapping of Caroline Strahan. The State
presented the details of the crimes to the jury through Ms. Strahan’s testimony, as
well as various witnesses including an eyewitness, the detectives involved in the
investigation, and Ms. Strahan’s medical examiners.
On November 6,... More...   $0 (11-20-2017 - LA)

On the evening of November 15, 1995, sixteen-year-old Barry Garcia drove around Fargo-Moorhead with three teenage members of the Skyline Piru Bloods street gang. The teens carried with them a sawed-off shotgun owned by the gang and 10 to 15 shotgun shells. While driving in a West Fargo residential area around 10 p.m., Garcia asked the driver to stop, after which he and another young man exited the... More...   $0 (11-19-2017 - ND)

There is little factual dispute in this case. It is uncontroverted that defendant shot and
killed Francis Rodriguez on May 2, 2014. It is also undisputed that defendant had previously
been robbed, shot, and frequently harassed by members of the “C-Block” gang.1 The only
question at trial was whether the killing of Rodriguez was a cold-blooded, premeditated murder
or an act o... More...   $0 (11-14-2017 - RI)

A Hudson County grand jury charged defendant and three co
defendants in a multi-count indictment with first-degree murder
and other offenses. Defendant accepted a plea offer and pleaded
guilty to an amended charge of second-degree manslaughter,
N.J.S.A. 2C:11-4(b)(2).
During the plea proceeding, while summarizing the plea
agreement, the prosecutor informed the cour... More...   $0 (11-13-2017 - NJ)

Appellant was convicted of the 1991 murder of Peter Sanelli, for which he
was sentenced to death. The evidence established that appellant shot and killed Peter
while he and Thomas Sowell were stealing Peter’s car on Prospect Avenue in Cleveland.
A detailed recitation of the evidence adduced at trial can be found in this court’s opinion
that resulted from appellant’s direct a... More...   $0 (11-12-2017 - OH)

In December of 2016, the Grant County Sheriff’s Department and Marion
Animal Care and Control responded to several complaints of animal neglect
and cruelty, including a deceased horse, on Wolff’s property located in Grant
County, Indiana. As a result of the ensuing investigation, on February 23,
2017, the State filed an Information, charging Wolff with Count I, obstruction More...   $0 (11-11-2017 - IN)

The record reflects the following. On the evening of December 5, 2014,
Ernst rented a white Lincoln MKX in Cedar Rapids and drove to Waterloo
accompanied by his friend Iviontae Jackson. Around 1:00 a.m., Jackson and
Ernst met up with friends Shaumara Taylor and Katie Werner. For a reason
never resolved at trial, the group stopped at a local convenience store. At the
co... More...   $0 (11-11-2017 - IA)

Anchorage, AK - Judge Imposes 9-Year Sentence on 14-Time Felon For Possessing Firearms

An Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court on Friday, November 3, 2017, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. The man possessed three handguns -- two of which were stolen -- after having been convicted of at least 14 prior felony convictions.

According to As... More...   $0 (11-09-2017 - AK)

This case stems from sexual activity that occurred between the Defendant and the victim, S. K.,1 who had met online, on the evening of May 27-28, 2014, during their first and only in-person date. After drinking together at a bar, the Defendant and the victim went to the Defendant’s condominium, where they drank more alcohol together before engaging in sexual contact that began with consensual kis... More...   $0 (11-07-2017 - TN)

Defendant-appellant Jamar Hamilton was convicted of one count of
possession of heroin, a felony of the fifth degree, one count of possession of heroin, a
felony of the first degree, one count of trafficking in heroin, a felony of the first
degree, and one count of tampering with evidence, a felony of the third degree. He
was sentenced to 11 years in prison for each of the firs... More...   $0 (11-06-2017 - OH)

Dufort’s suit stems from his arrest and prosecution in New York 12 state court on charges of murder in the second degree and 13 manslaughter in the first degree that resulted in his acquittal by a 14 jury. On this appeal, we take the facts, most of which are not in 15 dispute, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. See Taggart v. 16 Time Inc., 924 F.2d 43, 46 (2d Cir. 1991). 17 I. The Attac... More...   $0 (11-03-2017 - NY)

There is little factual dispute in this case. It is uncontroverted that defendant shot and
killed Francis Rodriguez on May 2, 2014. It is also undisputed that defendant had previously
been robbed, shot, and frequently harassed by members of the “C-Block” gang.1 The only
question at trial was whether the killing of Rodriguez was a cold-blooded, premeditated murder
or an act o... More...   $0 (11-03-2017 - RI)

25 Plaintiff‐appellant Ryan Dufort appeals from a memorandum
26 and order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District
4 No. 16‐1715‐cv
of New York (Steven 1 M. Gold, M.J.)2 granting summary judgment to
2 the defendants, the City of New York and New York City police
3 officers Joseph Marotta, Jae Shim, Thomas Conforti, and William
4 Schmitt... More...   $0 (10-27-2017 - NY)

Jessica Jauch was indicted by a grand jury, arrested, and put in jail—where she waited for 96 days to be brought before a judge and was effectively denied bail. The district court found this constitutionally permissible. It is not. A pre-trial detainee denied access to the judicial system for a prolonged period has been denied basic procedural due process, and we therefore reverse the district cou... More...   $0 (10-25-2017 - MS)