Defendant purchased a $300,000 life insurance policy and
$200,000 accidental death benefit insuring Scharf's life on May
23, 1991. He was the primary beneficiary; the parties' son,
Jonathan, ten years old at the time of the murder, was the
contingent beneficiary. Scharf's therapist, Patricia Teague, who
had been treating Scharf for depression since July 1990, testified <

This case relates to the January 15, 2011 killing of Angelo Gradillas, who was beaten to death at the home of Alma Pike, the Defendant‘s grandmother.

Morgan Savage testified that on January 15, 2011, she lived across the street from Ms. Pike. She said that she arrived home at about 3:00 a.m., that she heard a door open, and that she saw someone entering Ms. Pike‘s house. Ms. Savage

The information in this case alleged, in pertinent part, that on or about April 9, 2013,
appellant intentionally and knowingly damaged and destroyed his neighbor’s window by striking
it with a rock. As stated in his appellant’s brief, appellant’s defense theory at trial was that the
allegations against him were fabricated.
The complainant lived on the fourteenth floor of a dow

Birmingham, AL - Property Manager Pleads Guilty to Stealing from Condominium Associations

A Birmingham woman pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing more than $350,000 from condominium homeowner associations.

JILL ROUSE, formerly Jill Rouse Boothby, 43, entered her plea before U.S. District Judge Madeline H. Haikala to one count of wire fraud. Rouse agreed to pay $375,750 in

Appellant, Tiffany Plaza Condominium Association, Inc., defendant below, is an association organized pursuant to chapter 711, Florida Statutes (1974 Supp.), and the Declaration of Condominium of Tiffany Plaza Condominiums entered into in July 1975. Tiffany Plaza Condominium is a forty-two unit residential condominium located at Longboat Key, Florida. Appellees, plaintiffs below, are the individual

Appellant, a condominium association, challenges the trial court's final judgments denying those parts of claims for special assessments relating to repair costs of balcony and exterior closet doors.[1] It contends that under chapter 718, Florida Statutes, and the condominium documents it is well within its authority to specially assess the members of the association, including appellee,[2] for th

El Paso, TX - Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Attorney Marco Delgado in Connection with a Multi-Million Dollar Fraud / Money Laundering Scheme

An El Paso, a federal jury convicted 50-year-old El Paso attorney Marco Antonio Delgado (aka Marco Delgado Licon) in connection with a multi-million dollar wire fraud and money laundering scheme.

Jurors found Delgado guilty of three counts o

The simplest description of this case is that it involves a dispute between a bank, which foreclosed a first mortgage, and a condominium association. In fact, however, the plaintiff is the United States of America,1 suing on behalf of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"), as the successor to two separate banks, each of which foreclosed a first mortgage, and - to

The evidence presented at trial established that on January 19, 2012, the Defendant shot and killed his girlfriend, Pashea Fisher, and Pashea‟s1 parents, Arithio and Patricia Fisher, at the victims‟ home. The Defendant also attempted to kill Pashea‟s brother, A‟Reco Fisher. The Defendant then fled the scene in Pashea‟s vehicle with his and Pashea‟s four-year-ol

Under the Penal Code, an individual commits burglary “if, without the effective
consent of the owner, the person . . . enters a building or habitation and commits or attempts to
commit a felony, theft, or an assault.” Tex. Penal Code § 30.02(a)(3). As mentioned above, Gordon
does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence showing that he entered a structure without the
effecti

In this certified appeal1 we consider whether the Appellate Court properly resolved a series of claims that the defendant, Mark Banks, raises in connection with General Statutes (Rev. to 2009) § 54102g,2 which authorizes the Commissioner of CorrectiontocollectDNAsamplesfromcurrentlyincarcerated felons in order to maintain a DNA data bank to assist in criminal investigations. The defendant appeals

Fry does not contest that he entered a building without the effective consent of the owner,
Jamie Dippold, or his motive for that entry; he only contests whether that building fits the
definition of a habitation. Dippold testified that about two years before the January 2, 2015,
incident at issue, she and her husband bought the farmhouse in question, which is situated on
prope

The plaintiffs filed complaints in Providence County Superior Court against the Roman
Catholic Bishop of Providence (defendant), alleging that Father Brendan Smyth sexually abused
them on numerous occasions, beginning in 1967 until approximately 1970. The plaintiffs
alleged that the acts of abuse visited upon them all occurred while Smyth was under defendant’s
supervision. At

San Francisco, CA - San Jose Man Convicted On Sex Tourism And Obstruction Charges

A federal jury convicted Michael Lindsay of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, attempted witness tampering, and obstruction of justice.

In its verdict, the jury found that defendant traveled from San Francisco to Manila, t

This case arises from the June 5, 2010 killing of Michelle Rivera, the Defendant‟s estranged wife. At the trial, Gerald Ross testified that he met the victim online and that they decided to meet for dinner in late April 2010. He said that the victim worked as a massage therapist at a West Knoxville office, that she also had private clients, and that she taught massage therapy. He said th

Tulsa, OK - Charol McDaniel sued Pepper Tree Condominiums and Leinbach Company on negligence theories claiming:

1. That, she is leasing a first-floor-condominium from Pepper Tree Condominiums, and during her tenancy on August 6, 2011, the second-floor condominium directly above hers had a water leak.
2. That, when property management repaired the leaks, it was also necessary to repain

Oklahoma City, OK - Lone Oak Homeowners' Association, Inc. sued Marshal Lowrance seeking injunctive relief to enforce condominium covenants:

1 . Plaintiff Association is an Oklahoma community association existing under the plat for Lone Oak Park Addition (the Addition), the Declaration of Conditions, Restrictions, Covenants and Easements for Lone Oak Park at Book 9317, Page I I 07, within

On May 23, 2008, plaintiff filed a complaint, in which he alleged that he was owed a total
of $133,816 in unpaid commissions and severance pay in accordance with his understanding of
the Sales Commission Agreement signed by the parties.3 He contended that he had earned sales
commissions in the amount of $119,663. He acknowledged that NCS had already paid him
$15,761 in commis

In the summer of 2002, Nicholson met Eber while attending a real estate
conference in Florida. Eber lived in Rochester, Indiana, and at that time
Nicholson was living in West Virginia.3 A couple of months prior to their
meeting, Eber had inherited a parcel of real estate in Indiana and another in
Mississippi; each included a residence on the real property. She also inherite

This certified appeal addresses the scope of the marital communications privilege codified in General Statutes § 54-84b.1 The defendant, Sheila Davalloo, was convicted, after a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a. The defendant appeals from the judgment of the Appellate Court affirmingthatconvictionafterconcludingthatherstatements to her husband, Paul Christos, did not

On September 12, 2012, the Department mailed plaintiff an "ADMINISTRATIVE
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE VIOLATION" (notice) to his residence, located at 6424 North
Whipple Street in Chicago (property). The notice asserted that, on May 31, 2012, an employee
of the Department (badge number 626) inspected the property and discovered that weeds "greater
than 10 inches in height" were growin

When certain Infiniti FX vehicles developed dashboard bubbling, Robert Hurst, on behalf
of himself and others similarly situated, filed a second amended petition seeking damages under
the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (MMPA) and seeking certification of a class action
lawsuit against Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan). The circuit court certified the class, which
inclu

San Diego, CA - Man Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison for two Fraud Schemes, Including one that Cost Verizon $17 Million

The owner of a Glendale-based ride-sharing business was sentenced in federal court to more than eight years in prison in two separate fraud cases, including one involving the sale of more than 30,000 Apple iPhones fraudulently obtained from Verizon Wireless

Antoinette Bryant (Bryant) initially did not notice that anything was amiss in her home.
When she returned from work on the afternoon of March 28, 2011, the front door of her family’s
two-story condominium in Johnston, Rhode Island was unlocked, but Bryant assumed that her
daughter Essence had been careless when leaving their home that morning.1 The house looked
as Bryant ha

This case arises from the theft of a comic book collection from a residence in La Vergne, Tennessee in April 2010. The Defendant was identified as a suspect in the theft when he sold or attempted to sell some of the comic books at area stores. During the investigation, law enforcement officers went to the Defendant‟s apartment and, upon seeing the stolen comic books in the backseat of a ve