On the early morning of March 9, 2011, three members of the Roberson 
family – Jaquetta1 Roberson, Quayshawn Roberson, and Wanda Roberson – died 
in an intentionally‐caused fire at 48‐50 Wolcott Street in New Haven, 
Connecticut. Hector Natal, a neighbor of the Robersons, was charged with arson 
resulting in death, and his father, Hector Morales, was charged with being ... More...   $0 (02-25-2017 - NY)

Lubbock, TX - Las Vegas Man Pleads Guilty to Interfering with a Flight Crew

Jerry Ba Nguyen, 24, of Las Vegas, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Gordon Bryant, Jr., to interference with flight crew members and attendants.

Nguyen, who has been in custody since his arrest in September 2016, faces a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in... More...   $0 (02-24-2017 - TX)

An Iowa State Patrol trooper was traveling on Interstate 80 when he
observed two vehicles—a white truck and black minivan—with non-Iowa license
plates traveling the opposite direction. The trooper believed the vehicles were
exceeding the speed limit. Using a speed gun, he determined the vehicles were
speeding. As the trooper and the vehicles passed each other on opposite sid... More...   $0 (02-22-2017 - IA)

This dispute between two clergymen — each claiming to be the Bishop of The
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina — comes to us a second
time. Bishop Charles G. vonRosenberg initiated this action, seeking declaratory and
injunctive relief. He alleges that Bishop Mark J. Lawrence has violated the Lanham Act
by falsely advertising himself to be the Bishop of the... More...   $0 (02-22-2017 - SC)

On August 21, 2015, on-duty Officer Josh Buhmann noticed an ATV driving on an Evanston street without a license plate. Officer Buhmann activated his overhead lights and activated his air horn, but the driver of the ATV, Cassandra McEuen, did not stop and drove the ATV into an alleyway and eventually an apartment complex parking lot. Ms. McEuen began walking toward the apartment complex, but tur... More...   $0 (02-18-2017 - WY)

[¶1] Sandra Hoverson appeals from a district court order resolving a parenting time dispute. Sandra Hoverson argues the district court improperly modified parenting time without a formal motion filed by either party. We conclude the district court's order did not modify the amended judgment. We affirm the order.

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[¶2] Carl and Sandra Hoverson were married in 2004 and have one ch... More...   $0 (02-16-2017 - ND)

On the evening of August 18, 2014, Officer James Morris was parked along Highway 61 in Eldridge, Iowa, conducting random computer checks on the license plates of passing motorists to see if the vehicle was reported stolen or if there were outstanding warrants associated with the owner of the vehicle. His check of the license plate of a vehicle that passed him revealed that the female registered o... More...   $0 (02-15-2017 - IA)

Indianapolis, IN - Juvenile convicted and sentenced as an adult in federal court on robbery charges

Robbed, Binkley’s Kitchen and Bar, Lawrence gun store & others

Andre Jermaine Maxey, 18, Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to six counts of interference with commerce by threats of violence and one count of possession of a firearm during a violent crime. He was sentenced by U.S. Distric... More...   $23000 (02-15-2017 - IN)

A jury convicted Gooch of rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated burglary, aggravated intimidation of a witness, criminal threat, and interference with a law enforcement officer. Gooch appealed his convictions to this court. State v. Gooch, No. 110,418, 2014 WL 5849227 (Kan. App. 2014) (unpublished opinion).

Gooch asked for a new attorney ... More...   $0 (02-14-2017 - KS)

Taylor raises many challenges to his conviction and
sentence on appeal, but the sufficiency of the evidence is not one
of them. So, we give a balanced presentation of those facts
necessary to understand the parameters of this appeal and our
disposal of it. See United States v. Burgos-Montes, 786 F.3d 92,
99 (1st Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 599 (2015).1 The
de... More...   $0 (02-13-2017 - MA)

Frederick Capps challenges the District Court’s Order
granting summary judgment in favor of Capps’ former
employer, Mondelez Global, LLC (“Mondelez”), one of the
largest manufacturers of snack food and beverage productions
in the United States. Specifically, Capps argues that the
District Court erred in granting Mondelez’s summary
judgment motion on Capps’ claims that Monde... More...   $0 (02-12-2017 - PA)

Keyon Taylor ("Taylor") shot
and beat a postal worker, and then hijacked his truck in a botched
robbery scheme. The ordeal finally came to an end when the worker
popped the truck's rear gate and jumped out of the moving vehicle
to try and save his own skin. Taylor was convicted of multiple
federal crimes arising from this episode, then sentenced to just
shy of thirty years ... More...   $0 (02-12-2017 - MA)

Trooper Thomas Clark with the Iowa State Patrol responded to a radio
dispatch reporting an erratic driver traveling westbound on Interstate 80 near
Waukee about 10 p.m. on January 9, 2015. The dispatcher had received
multiple 911 cellular telephone calls from other motorists concerned about a
pickup pulling a travel trailer that was “all over the road.” Trooper Clark found a ... More...   $0 (02-10-2017 - IA)

A jury convicted Cornelious of first-degree murder and armed criminal action on
September 29, 2005. Cornelious retained counsel to represent him on direct appeal
("Retained Counsel"). We affirmed the convictions in State v. Cornelious, 258 S.W.3d
461 (Mo. App. W.D. 2008).
Cornelious used Retained Counsel to pursue post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule
29.15. Retained... More...   $0 (02-09-2017 - MO)

Tipton was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia in January 2014, in case 14CR96. His criminal history score was A. He was appointed an attorney from private practice, Alice Osburn.

Tipton failed to appear at his arraignment, so a bench warrant for his arrest was issued. When law enforcement officers attempted to serve that warrant, Tipton ran f... More...   $0 (02-01-2017 - KS)

Dara Marie Llorens was charged with kidnapping and with interference with child
custody. See Tex. Penal Code §§ 20.03(a) (setting out elements of offense of kidnapping), 25.03(a)
(b) (governing offense of interference with child custody). Llorens entered an open plea of guilty
to both charges and requested that the district court assess her punishment for both charges. As part
o... More...   $0 (01-29-2017 - TX)

NRS 116.3116-.31168 2 grant a homeowners' association (HOA)
a superpriority lien for certain unpaid assessments and allow an HOA to
nonjudicially foreclose on such a lien if specific requirements are met. In
this appeal, we must determine whether these statutes violate a first
security interest holder's due process rights. We hold that neither the
HOA's nonjudicial foreclosure,... More...   $0 (01-26-2017 - Nv)

The facts that lead to the charges for which Olson was convicted are not
at issue before the court. Olson was initially charged in two different trial
informations. One charged him with burglary in the third degree, as an habitual
offender, and possession of burglary tools. The other trial information charged
him with an attempt to commit murder and burglary in the first deg... More...   $0 (01-26-2017 - IA)

Robert Krogmann shot his girlfriend several times. A jury found him guilty
of attempted murder and willful injury, and the supreme court affirmed his
judgment and sentence. See State v. Krogmann, 804 N.W.2d 518 (Iowa 2011).1
Krogmann filed a postconviction relief application raising several
ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims. The district court denied the application ... More...   $0 (01-25-2017 - IA)

On November 29, 2013, a 911 dispatcher received a report that Appellant’s 17-year-old
sister was threatening suicide and had a knife. El Paso Police Officer James O’Connor was
dispatched to the home. The jury heard three different versions of what occurred at the residence.
Officer O’Connor’s Testimony Officer O’Connor testified that Appellant’s mother met him at the front door of... More...   $0 (01-24-2017 - TX)

Dara Marie Llorens was charged with kidnapping and with interference with child
custody. See Tex. Penal Code §§ 20.03(a) (setting out elements of offense of kidnapping), 25.03(a)
(b) (governing offense of interference with child custody). Llorens entered an open plea of guilty
to both charges and requested that the district court assess her punishment for both charges. As part
o... More...   $0 (01-23-2017 - TX)

We hold Brown reinitiated his interview with police after his unsuccessful attempt to contact a lawyer and in doing so knowingly and intelligently waived his previouslyinvoked right to counsel. Brown's subsequent inculpatory statements were freely and voluntarily given.

We hold further that the district court properly refused to give lesser included offense instructions for the felony-m... More...   $0 (01-22-2017 - KS)

The defendant, Joshua Edwards, has been
indicted for multiple offenses, including firearms offenses,
with which he was initially charged following the seizure and
search of a motor vehicle he had been driving. Before trial, he
moved to suppress evidence seized during the search of the
vehicle, invoking the Fourth Amendment to the United States
Constitution and art. 1... More...   $0 (01-20-2017 - MA)

On January 6, 2015, shortly after midnight, Sheena Mitchell, Markis' wife, called 911 alleging that Markis had threatened her with a gun in their shared two-story apartment. Later, Sheena would testify that Markis was angry with her because he believed that she had been flirting with another man. Following the 911 call, police arrived at the apartment and attempted to arrest Markis, but Markis had... More...   $0 (01-13-2017 - KS)

On June 18, 2015, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officers Sara
Didandeh and D. Wright1 responded to a report that Hairston was in the
middle of the street, dressed only in underwear,2 covered in blood, holding a
hammer, and yelling and screaming. In conducting a welfare check on the
situation, the officers located Hairston on a nearby porch. The officers noted More...   $0 (01-01-2017 - IN)