The state appeals from the circuit court’s order sustaining the defendants’ motions
to suppress all evidence seized pursuant to a warrant authorizing search of a residence for
stolen items. The state admits an officer submitted a prepared search warrant form, which
was then executed by a circuit judge, authorizing a search for any deceased human fetus
or corpse despite the fact the... More...   $0 (02-16-2018 - MO)

Adrian Bailey offered to sell marijuana
to an informant who had already brokered the purchase
of a firearm from him; the informant accepted the offer and
purchased $40 worth of marijuana from Bailey contemporaneously
with the firearm purchase. On that basis, Bailey was
convicted after a bench trial of possessing a firearm in further2
No. 17-1031
ance of a drug trafficki... More...   $0 (02-16-2018 - IL)

¶1 Appellant, Michael Lee Smith, was tried by a jury in Wagoner County District Court, Case No. CF-2014-451, and convicted of Count II: Possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance in the Presence of a Minor, After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies, in violation of 63 O.S.Supp.2012, § 2-402(C); and Count III: Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, in violation of 63 O.S.2011, § 2-405.1... More...   $0 (02-15-2018 - OK)

Todd Rasberry found himself in a
jam: during a pat-down incident to a Terry stop, see Terry v. Ohio,
392 U.S. 1, 19-20 (1968), an agent of the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) discovered a softball-sized object stashed in
Rasberry's undershorts. Believing that the object contained
drugs, the agent arrested Rasberry on the spot. A subsequent
search of Rasberry's person ... More...   $0 (02-14-2018 - ME)

Vicki Gilmore appeals her conviction of the class C felony of possession of a
controlled substance, arguing insufficient evidence supports her conviction. Following a
jury trial, Gilmore was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison. The circuit
court suspended the execution of the sentence and placed her on probation for five years.
Because there was insufficient evidenc... More...   $0 (02-08-2018 - MO)

The Ross County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Monica
Fowler with one count of possession of cocaine in violation of R.C. 2925.11, a first
degree felony.
{¶4} Through her appointed trial counsel, Fowler filed a motion to suppress “all
evidence obtained as a result of the unlawful and illegal warrantless arrest by the Ohio
State Highway Patrol.” Her motion raise... More...   $0 (01-29-2018 - OH)

Appellant Pierre Azor
("Appellant") appeals the district court's denials of his motions
for suppression and severance, and claims that his sentence of
thirty-six months of imprisonment is substantively unreasonable.
After review, we find that the district court properly denied his
motion to suppress and did not abuse its discretion in denying his
motion to sever. Additional... More...   $0 (01-26-2018 - )

This appeal requires us to determine the extent of the
Fourth Amendment’s requirements for an affidavit supporting a warrant to search the residence
of an individual suspected of committing a crime involving the use of a computer.
That issue figures prominently in Plaintiffs Julie and Jesse Peffer’s appeal of the district
court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant Mike... More...   $0 (01-26-2018 - MI)

On May 14, 2015, Officers Nieto and Vader of the San Antonio Police Department
conducted a traffic stop of Torres’s vehicle based on the vehicle’s expired registration. Officer
Nieto approached the vehicle on the passenger side, and as he made contact with the passenger, he
smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The officers placed both Torres and the
passenger ... More...   $0 (01-25-2018 - TX)

Defendant-Appellant Gross Williams appeals the district court’s rulings denying his motions to suppress. For the following reasons, we affirm.
I. Facts & Procedural History
Defendant-Appellant Gross Williams was convicted in 2012 in Iberville Parish on state charges of distributing marijuana and placed on five years of probation. Conditions of Williams’s probation included permitting home ... More...   $0 (01-25-2018 - LA)

In March 2016, Owens lived in a boarding house on Concord Avenue in
Indianapolis, Indiana. The boarding house had an unlocked entrance that led
to a common area, off of which were individual, locked, sleeping rooms.
Owens lived in one of the sleeping rooms.
[4] On the morning of March 23, 2016, Detective Andrew Deddish (“Detective
Deddish”) of the Indianapolis Metropol... More...   $0 (01-21-2018 - IN)

Muskogee, OK - McAlester Inmate Pleads Guilty To Possessing Contraband In Prison

Kelly Ray Potter Jr., age 41, of McAlester, Oklahoma pled on January 19, 2018 guilty to Possessing Contraband In Prison, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1791(a)(2), 1791(b)(3) and 1791(d)(1)(B), punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
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A December 10, 2013, surveillance video shows Dunn making a purchase at a liquor store at 30th and Pinkney Streets in Omaha at approximately 9:54 p.m. The purchase was placed in a white plastic bag. Surveillance video indicates
that Dunn then walked toward 28th Avenue. At approximately 10 p.m., a gunshot detection system notified the Omaha Police Department of six shots fired in the area. Offi... More...   $0 (01-19-2018 - NE)

The Hardin County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging the Appellant with selling .5 grams or more of methamphetamine within a drug-free zone after a confidential informant purchased drugsfrom the Appellant.
At trial, Hardin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Caldwell, who was assigned to the 24th Judicial District Drug Task Force, testified that in August 2014, Tommy Woods
01/17/2018<... More...   $0 (01-18-2018 - TN)

In Scioto C.P. Case No. 16CR411, the Scioto County Grand Jury returned
an indictment charging Christopher McIntosh with two counts of aggravated trafficking in
drugs, one count of trafficking in drugs, two counts of aggravated possession of drugs,
one count of possession of drugs, one count of having weapons while under disability,
and one count of receiving stolen property, wi... More...   $0 (01-18-2018 - OH)

In his first issue, appellants contends he was not properly admonished concerning the range
of punishment he would face if he pleaded guilty. Before the plea hearing, appellant received
written admonishments, which recited that he was charged with a first degree felony with a
punishment range of “5-99 years or Life and an optional fine not to exceed $10,000.00.” At the
hearing,... More...   $0 (01-16-2018 - TX)

A jury convicted Paul Suarez for his involvement in a drug trafficking
conspiracy and for firearms offenses. Suarez appeals contending that the
convictions were not supported by sufficient evidence. He also asserts that the
district court erred in imposing a 120-month (ten year) mandatory minimum
prison sentence for possession of a sawed-off shotgun in furtherance of a drug
tra... More...   $0 (01-15-2018 - TX)

Wilmington, DE - State Corrections Officer Sentenced For Smuggling Drugs and Cell Phones Into the J.T. Vaughn Correctional Center

Paul Hursey, age 49, of Dover, Delaware, was sentenced on January 3, 2017 by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark to 30 months incarceration. Hursey previously had pled guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.
<... More...   $0 (01-14-2018 - DE)

On the afternoon of July 13, 2016, Detective Eric Forestal (“Det. Forestal”), an
undercover detective with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
(“IMPD”), was conducting surveillance. He observed a man, later identified as
Burt, exit an apartment building with an open beer bottle in his hand and walk
towards a white Cadillac in the parking lot. Det. Forestal saw Bur... More...   $0 (01-13-2018 - IN)

On the afternoon of July 13, 2016, Detective Eric Forestal (“Det. Forestal”), an
undercover detective with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
(“IMPD”), was conducting surveillance. He observed a man, later identified as
Burt, exit an apartment building with an open beer bottle in his hand and walk
towards a white Cadillac in the parking lot. Det. Forestal saw Bur... More...   $0 (01-13-2018 - IN)

On June 8, 2016, Donna Richardson, Simon’s parole officer, paid a
visit to Simon’s home, located at 400 Topeka Street in Mansfield, Louisiana.
Richardson testified that when she pulled up to the home, Simon, who was
outside washing his carport, noticed her and began walking into the house.
Richardson asked him to stop, but when he continued, she followed him into
the hom... More...   $0 (01-12-2018 - TX)

On 19 December 2014, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Wayne Goode
(“Officer Goode”) was on duty in the area of Dalton Street and Tryon Street in
Charlotte. Officer Goode and other officers conducted surveillance of Defendant as
he sat in the driver’s seat of a gold-colored Mercedes-Benz sedan, parked at a gas
station located on North Tryon Street. Officer Goode was famili... More...   $0 (01-10-2018 - NC)

While patrolling Interstate 10, Deputy Jose Quintanilla of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department observed a maroon Mazda 3 with Kentucky license plates veer unsafely out of its lane several times. He signaled the car’s driver to pull over. When the driver rolled down the car window, Quintanilla smelled marijuana. Quintanilla previously had observed that, in addition to the driver, there was a ... More...   $0 (01-09-2018 - TX)

In March 2017, the State moved to revoke Gamboa’s community supervision,
alleging that he failed to comply with the following conditions:
 Commit no offense against the laws of this or any other State of the United States;
 Pay a supervision fee of $60 per month;
 Pay court costs of $50 per month; and
 Pay laboratory fees of $5 per month. More...   $0 (01-09-2018 - TX)

The facts are essentially uncontested. The officers in this case obtained a search warrant for the residence. The search warrant indicated that the police were looking for evidence of the use, sale, and distribution of narcotics, along with firearms and ammunition. The search warrant identified one man, Jeffrey Sickles, as a person to be searched. An attached police affidavit identified a woma... More...   $0 (01-08-2018 - IA)