Jonesboro, GA - Jury Awards Woman Raped by Security Guard $1 Billion in Damages


Hope Cheston sued jailed security guard Brandon Lamar Zachary on a sexual assault and battery theory and Crime Prevention Agency, Inc. n/k/a International Security Agency on a negligent hiring theory.

Cheston claimed that she was raped by Zachary when she was 14-years-old.

Zachary was co... More...   $0 (05-25-2018 - GA)

In case number 2008-CF-8067, Millan pled to one count of lewd and lascivious
battery. Pursuant to his plea agreement, Millan was placed on sex offender probation for
six years as a Youthful Offender. He was later charged with violating his probation by
committing new law violations (several lewd and lascivious batteries). After an evidentiary
hearing, the trial court found t... More...   $0 (05-15-2018 - FL)

The petitioner, Charles Vansmith, petitions this Court for a writ of certiorari. The petitioner argues that the trial court departed from the essential elements of law by using section 775.021(4)(a), Florida Statutes (2017), to determine that it still had jurisdiction to keep him placed in a secure residential facility based on section 916.303(3), Florida Statutes (2017). We find that the trial co... More...   $0 (05-14-2018 - FL)

In his first three issues, Martinez contends that the trial court abused its discretion
by admitting the testimony of former Child Protective Services investigator Valerie Perez,
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Child Safe forensic interviewer Andrea Aguirre, and child-abuse pediatrician Jennifer
Clarke, M.D., as outcry witnesses. With regard to these witnesses, Martinez argues ... More...   $0 (05-11-2018 - TX)

On April 4, 2016, twelve-year-old S.S. was watching a movie with her mother,
sister, and twenty-five-year-old Brisbon. While watching the movie, S.S.’s
mother sat on the couch and Brisbon, S.S., and her sister were laying on an air
mattress. S.S. was positioned between Brisbon and her sister. At some point
after the movie, S.S. fell asleep.
[3] S.S. was awakened durin... More...   $0 (05-09-2018 - IN)

We summarized the facts of this case in Beason’s direct appeal:
The facts most favorable to the judgment are that on April 18, 1995, Karen Beason took four of her five children to a police substation in Anderson, Indiana. Karen was disoriented and confused and was admitted to the stress unit at Community Hospital. The Madison County Division of Family and Children took custody of the childr... More...   $0 (05-07-2018 - IN)

The issue in this case is whether an individual who is convicted
of a sex offense can be compelled to register as a sex offender if the putative victim was an adult
undercover police officer posing as a minor child. Defendant appeals the trial court’s decision
requiring him to register as a sex offender. He argues the plain language of the sex offender
registration statute r... More...   $0 (05-05-2018 - )

Jeremy Clayton Greene appeals from his convictions and sentences for attempting to commit a lewd or lascivious act in the presence of a child under the age of sixteen, driving without a valid license, and possession of an open container. We affirm his convictions and sentences without comment. However, we reverse and remand
because the circuit court erred in imposing certain costs. Greene ... More...   $0 (05-04-2018 - FL)

Movant was charged with nine sex offenses involving two victims (Counts I-IX). The
indictment alleges Counts I, II, and III (two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and one
count of incest, respectively) were all committed by Movant on or between April 21, 2000 and
December 31, 2001. In all three counts, Movant was alleged to have had deviate sexual
intercourse with J.K. ... More...   $0 (05-03-2018 - MO)

The following are the relevant facts presented at trial as set forth in State v. Ragland, 494
S.W.3d 613, 621 (Mo. App. E.D. 2016):
1 All references to Rules are to the Missouri Supreme Court Rules (2017) unless otherwise indicated.
2
J.F.2 stated that Ragland sucked J.F.'s penis with his mouth, put his penis in J.F.'s mouth, a... More...   $0 (05-03-2018 - MO)

In November 1996, Williams, then 26 years old, pleaded guilty to first-degree
statutory sodomy for inserting his thumb in a minor child’s vagina. He was sentenced to
five years in prison but, after completing a 120-day program in a sex offender assessment
unit, execution of his sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for five
... More...   $0 (05-03-2018 - MO)

Antlers, OK - Idabel criminal defense lawyer Hugh Hood represented Danny Edwards, who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LEWD, LEWD MOLESTATION/INDECENT PROPOSAL TO CHILD, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123
Date of Offense: 09/09/2016
Party Name Dispos... More...   $0 (05-02-2018 - OK)

While the defendant was in jail awaiting trial, he spoke to his wife (the victim’s grandmother) and their telephone conversations were recorded by jail authorities. During closing argument at trial, the prosecutor played the recording of the first phone call the defendant made to his wife, and offered the following closing argument commentary:

And sometimes silence can be deafening. A... More...   $0 (04-27-2018 - FL)

The State filed a petition for involuntary commitment of appellant as a sexually violent predator pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act, section 394.914, Florida Statutes (2016). It alleged that: appellant had been convicted in 1997 for two counts of a sexually violent offense, namely lewd and lascivious acts on a minor; he was currently incarcerated but set for release; had multiple personality disorde... More...   $0 (04-27-2018 - FL)

Appellant was indicted on August 22, 2014 on five counts of
rape, all felonies of the first degree and in violation of R.C.
2907.02(A)(1)(b) and 2907.02(B). Count one alleged Appellant raped a
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child, age ten, between the time periods of August 1, 2012 and October 29,
2012. Count two alleged Appellant raped a child, age ten, between the time
... More...   $0 (04-26-2018 - OH)

Chaisson was charged by indictment with five counts of aggravated assault of a
child and ten counts of indecency with a child by contact. See id. §§ 21.021, 22.11. Prior
to trial, the State waived several counts, leaving one count of aggravated assault of a
child and four counts of indecency with a child by contact. At the close of the State’s
case, appellant’s motion for di... More...   $0 (04-20-2018 - TX)

Gormly was convicted of one count of lewd and lascivious behavior and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Gormly's victim was his then-girlfriend's younger sister, D.S., who was 13 years old at the time of the offenses. Gormly was 26 years old at the time. Gormly allegedly engaged D.S. in sexually inappropriate behavior at various times in the fall of 2012. Specifically, she a... More...   $0 (04-18-2018 - KS)

In 2011, Waisner was convicted of various sex crimes in Shawnee County District Court. The underlying facts relating to the criminal case were summarized by this court in Waisner's direct appeal:

"This case involves allegations of sexual abuse lodged against Waisner by his daughter, T.G. Specifically, T.G. alleged that when she lived with Waisner during a period between May 2008 and J... More...   $0 (04-17-2018 - KS)

In February 2013, 18-year-old Meyer sodomized his 7-year-old foster sister. The State charged him with one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, and later added a single count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Both crimes are off-grid person felonies. K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 21-5504(c)(3); K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 21-5506(c)(3).

The State and Meyer entered into a plea agreement. Meyer a... More...   $0 (04-17-2018 - KS)

On May 26, 2015, Defendant, Teddy Aguillard, owned a driving school in
Eunice and was teaching driving lessons when he made lewd comments to two of
his juvenile students, S.B. and A.A.1 On October 26, 2015, Defendant was charged
with two counts of indecent behavior with juveniles, violations of La.R.S.
14:81(A)(2).2 On February 17, 2017, a unanimous jury found him guilty as <... More...   $0 (04-13-2018 - LA)

In 2008, the defendant, Jaderrick Barrett (also known as “J.D.”), was
16 years old.2 He entered an abandoned house with G.K.,3 a 12-year-old
mentally challenged girl, pulled down her panties and engaged in vaginal
and anal sexual intercourse with her.4 The Shreveport Police Department
investigated the matter but the police officers were unable to locate the
defendant. S... More...   $0 (04-13-2018 - LA)

The state charged Defendant by bill of information with one count of
indecent behavior with juveniles in violation of La. R.S. 14:81(A)(2), one
count of molestation of a juvenile in violation of La. R.S. 14:81.2 and one
count of pornography involving juveniles in violation of La. R.S. 14:81.1.
As to Count One, the state alleged that on April 20, 2014, Defendant
transmitte... More...   $0 (04-13-2018 - LA)

In November 2015, Gunn and Calvin Till communicated in private conversations on MeetMe.com, a social networking website. Gunn and Till exchanged more than 700 messages between November 11 and 13, 2015. In a portion of the conversations, Gunn gave explicit and lewd instructions to Till on how to groom and sexually assault his young daughter and how to abduct and sexually assault Till's two neighbor... More...   $0 (04-12-2018 - ND)

Kurz was born August 25, 1952. He was indicted by grand jury for
the aggravated rape of the male victim,1 who was born on July 7, 1965, and
who testified that he was under the age of 12 at the time of the rapes. The
indictment alleges that Kurz committed the rapes between July 7, 1975, and
July 7, 1977, when the victim was 10 or 11 years old, and the defendant was
approx... More...   $0 (04-09-2018 - LA)

As this court has stated repeatedly, families have a “wellelaborated
constitutional right to live together without
governmental interference.” Wallis v. Spencer, 202 F.3d
1126, 1136 (9th Cir. 2000); accord Kirkpatrick v. Cty. of
Washoe, 843 F.3d 784, 789 (9th Cir. 2016) (en banc); Burke
v. Cty. of Alameda, 586 F.3d 725, 731 (9th Cir. 2009); Rogers
v. Cty. of San Joaquin, 48... More...   $0 (04-09-2018 - AZ)