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WILLIAMS v. STATE
The trial court (after noting the case was over two years old, had been set for trial, 2 and was the only case on his docket that was ready to be tried) refused to grant Williams' oral motion for a continuance, whereupon retained counsel announced that
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
MENKES v. STATE
In accordance with the terms of this agreement with the State, the trial court sentenced appellant on January 6, 2011, to confinement for forty years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant filed a timely,
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
MORRIS v. STATE
The trial court assessed punishment at confinement for fifty years and a fine of $20000. We affirm. Appellant has briefed three points of error. In the first point, appellant complains of prosecutorial misconduct and the violation of appellant's right
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
LITTLEFIELD v. HAMILTON COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
The trial court found the election commission could not lawfully certify the recall petition due to noncompliance with applicable statutory provisions and enjoined the placement of the recall issue on the ballot. The leader of the recall effort appeals
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
COMMONWEALTH v. ANDERSON
The Commonwealth asks us to determine whether the trial court erred in dismissing the case pursuant to the double jeopardy clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution, where the prosecutorial misconduct occurred after remand for a new trial, but before the
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
STATE v. HAK
On April 15, 2009, the defendant filed a pro se motion to reduce his sentence under the provisions of Rule 35 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure, which motion the trial justice denied on October 21, 2009. 1 The defendant timely appealed
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
SCHAEDEL v. ESTEVES
Ricky John and Thora Schaedel appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court) denying their post-trial motion for a new trial. The Schaedels contend that the jury verdict award of zero damages was against the weight of the
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
STATE v. MESTRE
{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Ramon Mestre appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea for failure to verify his address predicate upon his unlawful reclassification under Ohio's Adam Walsh Act. For the reasons that
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
STATE v. BROWN
After careful review of the record and relevant case law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. {¶ 2} On May 21, 1997, appellant was indicted by the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury in Case No. CR-350757 on one count of kidnapping, in violation of RC
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
STATE v. J.K.
The trial court sentenced him to community control sanctions "with the only condition being one day in county jail with full credit for time served." {¶ 3} In January 2011, JK filed an application to seal the records of his 2005 criminal convictions,
Updated: 11/04/2011 07:18A
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