David McCaughtry appeals the trial court's judgment denying his motion to depart from his Jessica's Law sentence to a grid sentence. On appeal, he contends that the prosecutor committed reversible error when the prosecutor argued against his motion with facts not in evidence. Although we agree that the prosecutor committed error when she failed to limit her comments to the evidence or record and t... More...   $0 (04-07-2018 - KS)

Petitioners, bring this writ petition, requesting that this court issue a writ of
mandate directing the trial court to vacate its order overruling petitioners’ demurrers to
Jane Doe’s first amended complaint, and to enter a new order sustaining their demurrers.
Petitioners’ demurrers were based on Doe’s failure to present a government claim to
petitioner school district (district) ... More...   $0 (04-05-2018 - CA)

On December 12, 2012, Loor was charged with one count of lewd and
lascivious molestation of a person less than twelve (12) years of age under section
800.04(5)(b), Florida Statutes (2012), and one count of sexual battery on a victim
less than twelve (12) years of age under section 794.011(2), Florida Statutes
(2012). Both counts involved Loor’s alleged conduct against his biol... More...   $0 (04-01-2018 - FL)

On October 2, 2015, appellant, a science teacher at a Montgomery County high
school, administered a makeup exam to N.S., one of his students.1 As part of the
accommodations for her learning disability, N.S. took a written examination and then had
the questions administered orally.
After completing the written examination, N.S. went to the front of the classroom,
where a... More...   $0 (03-31-2018 - MD)

The defendant, Kyvonte Latrell Eaglin, attended a party at the American
Legion Hall in Jennings on August 8, 2015. An altercation broke out, and a group
moved outside. The defendant went to his vehicle and retrieved a gun. Shots from
one or more firearms were fired, and the victim, Jawon Lennette, was killed.
The defendant was indicted for second degree murder, a violation o... More...   $0 (03-30-2018 - LA)

On 7 April 2003, defendant was indicted in Wayne County for first-degree
murder, first-degree statutory rape, first-degree statutory sex offense, indecent
liberties with a minor, lewd and lascivious conduct, and first-degree kidnapping of
five-year old “P.W.”1 Defendant was tried capitally in Wayne County, and his first
trial in the fall of 2004 ended in a mistrial due to juro... More...   $0 (03-26-2018 - NC)

The victim, C.M., lived with his grandmother, Armelinda Trejo, after his
mother passed away in 2007, and because his father was not a part of his life.
C.M. and his grandmother moved to the Wingfield apartments in May 2010.
Defendant, Clevance “Junior” Cormier, lived in the Wingfield apartments, first in
apartment number three, and then in the apartment across from Ms. Trejo ... More...   $0 (03-24-2018 - LA)

This case, which reads like an
anthology of pain, pathos, and personal degradation, paints a grim
picture of the human condition. It intertwines allegations of an
incestuous relationship with criminal charges of tax evasion,
unlawful distribution of controlled substances, and health-care
fraud. Following a contentious trial, the jury found defendantappellant
Joel A. Sabean ... More...   $0 (03-22-2018 - ME)

In January 2016, M.C., who was 14-years old, lived with her mother. In the month leading up to January 2016, Ward, who was 22-years old, would sometimes work on his car at M.C.'s house with her sister's boyfriend. M.C. and Ward began a relationship, which M.C. hid from her mother.

At the time, Ward lived with M.C.'s older sister and her sister's boyfriend. M.C.'s mother did not know War... More...   $0 (03-20-2018 - KS)

Castillo-Calles was convicted by a jury of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The victim, I.W., was 12 years old at the time of the events leading to the charge. I.W. was friends with C.P., who lived with Castillo-Calles (her stepfather) and her mother.

On March 24, 2013, I.W. spent the night at C.P.'s house. That afternoon, C.P., I.W., and Castillo-Calles played hide and seek.... More...   $0 (03-18-2018 - KS)

Tulsa, OK - Woman Pleads Guilty To Child Sexual Abuse

The State of Oklahoma charged Christina Renea Mathews with sexual abuse of a child under 12 with violation of 21 OS. 843.5(F) and (G), which provide:

F. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in sexual abuse to a child under twelve (12) years of age shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonm... More...   $0 (03-07-2018 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Jury Convicts Defendant Of Soliciting a Minor

The State of Oklahoma charged Blake Ryan Lewis, age 31, with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHPM, SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, in violation of 21 O.S. 1021 A 2
Date of Offense: 10/22/2015
Party Name Disposition Information
LEWIS, BLAKE RYAN
Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHPM, SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, in violat... More...   $0 (03-02-2018 - OK)

Edwin Deshazior appeals his 180 month sentence following his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He argues that he should not have received a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(e)(1) and 924(e)(2)(B), because he did not have three prior convictions for violent felonies under the act and because his prior felon... More...   $0 (02-21-2018 - FL)

The trial court found that Oscar Lopez's lawyer
was "fairly obvious[ly]" "severely handicapped" by depression during the pretrial
and trial phases of Lopez's case.' That finding was supported by the trial court's
own observations of defense counsel's performance—and sometimes failure to show
up—at trial. That finding was also supported by declarations and testimony
presented at... More...   $0 (02-19-2018 - WA)

David Lacouture appeals his 74-
month sentence for failure to register under the Sex Offender
Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 2250(a). Lacouture challenges the district court's
application of an eight-level enhancement to his sentence. The
district court imposed the enhancement because it found Lacouture
had committed a sex offense a... More...   $0 (02-01-2018 - MA)

Jason Janatsch worked as a freelance babysitter and occasional daycare
employee. He was indicted for taking sexually explicit pictures of himself with a
toddler. After he pleaded guilty to the charges, the court sentenced him to 360
months in prison and required him to pay a $5,000 special assessment pursuant to
18 U.S.C. � 3014(a)(3), a provision applicable to �any non-indigen... More...   $0 (01-30-2018 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged and convicted Fernando Flores Lopez with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: LEWD, LEWD MOLESTATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123 A
Date of Offense: 12/13/2017
Party Name Disposition Information
LOPEZ, FERNANDO FLORES Disposed: CONVICTION, 01/22/2018. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: LEWD MOLESTATION(LEWD)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1123 ... More...   $0 (01-24-2018 - OK)

Lansing, MI - Olympic Gymnastic Doctor Pleads Guilty To Sexual Molestation Charges

The State of Michigan charged Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar, a/k/a Larry Nassar, age 54, with seven counts of first-degree sexual contact with underage girls.

Wikipedia reported: "Three of the victims were under the age of 13 and three ranged in age from 13 to 15. Rachael Denhollander, a former gymnast w... More...   $0 (01-24-2018 - MI)

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 (01-23-2018 - AZ)

Plaintiff-appellant Erotic Service Provider Legal,
Education & Research Project; K.L.E.S.; C.V.; J.B.; and
John Doe (collectively, “ESP”) appeal the district court’s
dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. §1983 action. ESP claims that
Section 647(b) of the California Penal Code, which
criminalizes the commercial exchange of sexual activity,
violates: (1) the Fourteenth Amendment subs... More...   $0 (01-19-2018 - CA)

On August 4, 2014, L.P. and her two daughters, ten-year old E.P. and one-year old S.P.,
were walking to a supermarket in Dallas, Texas, when a small, red, four-door vehicle pulled up
next to them “very, very slowly, almost to a stopping point.” The driver was the only passenger
in the vehicle. E.P. was walking beside her mother, who was pushing S.P. in a stroller. E.P.
testi... More...   $0 (01-17-2018 - TX)

In January 2011, William Carl Welsh pleaded guilty in an Oregon federal district court to failing to comply with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) and was sentenced to 673 days in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. Welsh admitted that he had not updated his sex offender registration in Oregon when he left the state to move to Belize. While in the custody of the Bureau... More...   $0 (01-15-2018 - NC)

Defendant-appellant Marcellus Johnson pleaded guilty to first-degree felony
counts of aggravated burglary, rape, and kidnapping. The court classified Johnson as a
sexual predator under the former Megan’s Law (the rape occurred in 1997). The court
imposed ten-year sentences on each count, with the agreement of the parties that the
offenses were not allied and did not merge. ... More...   $0 (01-13-2018 - OH)

Appellant Ruben Israel Rentas appeals his criminal convictions for two counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child over the age of twelve but under the age of sixteen, one count of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under the age of twelve, one count of sexual performance by a child, and one count of showing obscene material to a child. H... More...   $0 (01-10-2018 - FL)

Ms. Tillitt was initially charged in May 2015 with four counts of first-degree
statutory sodomy for deviate sexual intercourse involving one of her daughters, K.B.T.
The information was later amended to add one count of first-degree statutory sodomy
for deviate sexual intercourse and one count of first-degree child molestation for sexual
contact involving another daughter, K.D... More...   $0 (01-09-2018 - MO)