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IN THE INTEREST OF N.H.
The trial court tendered as evidence a letter from Laurel Heights Hospital where the mother was a patient explaining that it was "clinically contraindicated for the mother to be transported to attend a hearing at this time.
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:36A
BARLOW v. SCRIBNER
State prisoner Herman Willie Barlow, Jr. appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Barlow alleges that his trial counsel's failure to investigate and introduce evidence of third-party culpability in his trial was
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:36A
PHILLIPS v. ALSLEBEN
The District Court denied the motion on July 15, 2009, and, accordingly, it later tried the case without a jury. At that trial the Court found in favor of defendants and entered judgment accordingly. Phillips then appealed.
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:35A
MEJIA v. HOLDER
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Paul Fiorino, Senior Litigation Counsel; Karen L. Melnik, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:35A
U.S. v. THOMAS
He argues that: (1) the trial court both abused its discretion and plainly erred by admitting two witnesses' testimony concerning the victim's credibility; and (2) the trial court incorrectly removed the jurisdictional element of the offense from the
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:35A
PADOU v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The District withheld certain information and Ms. Padou filed a complaint in the trial court. Ms. Padou mainly asserts on appeal that the trial court erred by granting summary judgment in favor of the District. For the reasons stated in this opinion,
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:35A
AIKEN v. U.S.
The trial court held the Kastigar hearing in December 2008. Afterward, in an April 27, 2009 order ("Order"), the trial court ruled that the government had met its burden of proving that "none of the government's evidence was tainted by [appellant's]
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:35A
MACKABEE v. U.S.
Accordingly, we remand for the trial court to vacate one of the PFCV convictions, but otherwise affirm the judgment of conviction. This case arises from a shooting in the early morning hours of January 20, 2007, at Club 1919, a go-go club located near
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:35A
PEOPLE v. STEVE
At sentencing, the trial court denied Steve's request to "strike" his prior strike conviction and sentenced him to an aggregate term of imprisonment of 31 years, eight months, computed as follows: (1) on count 1, the middle term of eight years (four
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:34A
PEOPLE v. MADRIGAL
Five months later, appellant filed a motion to withdraw his plea, which the trial court denied. The trial court sentenced appellant to his previously agreed-upon sentence of 23 years and dismissed two counts of assault with a firearm and two counts of
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:34A
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