Cases

OPINION ALGENON L. MARBLEY, District Judge. Petitioner Leon Robins was convicted of first-degree, premeditated murder in state trial court. After the state appellate court affirmed, Robins filed a habeas corpus petition in which he contends his trial counsel was ineffective for various reasons. The state trial court found that counsel’s representation was n

ORDER NIMMONS, District Judge. This cause came on for consideration upon the filing by a state prisoner, Kenneth Meyer Fortner, of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This matter was considered by the Magistrate Judge, pursuant to the general order of assignment, who has filed his report recommending that the petition be denied. Upon consi

WIDENER, Circuit Judge: The defendants, Dorsett and Fortner, were convicted on one count of conspiring to pass, utter, sell, transfer, deliver, and receive counterfeit $20 reserve notes in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 472, and 473, and on another count of receiving certain counterfeit $20 federal reserve notes with the intent that the same be passed, published, and used

Reversing. The appellant and defendant below, Horse Creek Mining Company, is a corporation, and at the time of the matters herein complained of it operated, on a small scale, a couple of coal mines in Clay county, both of which were located on the same tract of land, and a few hundred feet apart, and the coal from each was carried to, and handled by, one common tipple. On the 11th day of September, 1925, the decedent, Arch Frazier, an experienced and adult miner, was in the employ of d

FILED July 30, 2025 C. CASEY FORBES, CLERK STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WE

690 S.E.2d 507 (2010) OVER v. The STATE. No. A09A2357. Court of Appeals of Georgia. February 3, 2010. *509 Allen M. Trapp, Jr., Carrollton, for appellant. Brian K. Fortner, Katherine L. Iannuzzi, for appellee. BARNES, Judge. David F. Over appeals the denial of his motion for discharge and acquittal, contendin

317 Ga. 22 FINAL COPY S22G0905. MILLER et al. v. GOLDEN PEANUT COMPANY, LLC et al. MCMILLIAN, Justice. This appeal, arising out of a fatal collision between a tractor- trailer driven by Lloy White and a car driven by Kristie Miller, calls on this Court to address whether the well-established test governing the admissibility of expert testimony applies with equal force to investigating law enforcement officers. For the reasons that follow, we hold th

03/25/2021 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON December 1, 2020 Session STEVEN SKINNER v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County Nos. 00-5699, 00-5700 James M. Lammey, Judge ___________________________________

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS Michael E. Brown, FILED Petitioner Below, Petitioner November 21, 2014 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS vs) No. 14-0

[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as State v. Reed, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1174.] NOTICE This slip opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports. Readers are requested to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or

12/30/2019 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs May 7, 2019 RANDY JACKSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 13-02387 Chris Craft, Judge ___________________________________

604 S.E.2d 520 (2004) 269 Ga. App. 619 PHILLIPS v. The STATE. No. A04A1214. Court of Appeals of Georgia. June 22, 2004. Reconsideration Dismissed September 16, 2004. *524 Lee W. Fitzpatrick, Canton, for appellant. David McDade, District Attorney, Brian K. Fortner, Christopher R. Joh

OPINION Opinion by Justice LANG-MIERS. The City of Dallas filed these interlocutory appeals from orders denying its pleas to the jurisdiction in four lawsuits filed against the City by current and former police officers, firefighters, and rescue officers (the Officers) alleging that the City breached its contract with them regarding their pay. We consolidated the appeals for the purpose of

AMENDED OPINION SILER, Circuit Judge. Stanley T. Adams, an Ohio death row inmate, appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We certified two claims for appellate review: (1) whether requiring Adams to wear a stun belt throughout trial denied him a fundamentally fair trial; and (2) wh

OPINION SILER, Circuit Judge. Stanley T. Adams, an Ohio death row inmate, appeals the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas *287corpus .filed under 28 -U.S.C. § 2254. We certified two claims for appellate review: (1) whether requiring Adams to wear a stun belt throughout trial denied him a fundamentally fair trial; and (2

PER CURIAM: The petitioner herein and defendant below, Charles Edward Bruffey (hereinafter “Mr. Bruffey”), was sentenced on January 18, 2012, to a term of incarceration of ten to twenty years following his jury conviction for robbery. Mr. Bruffey asserts that the trial court committed four errors: (1) admitting the prosecution’s solicited testimony on Mr. Bruffey’s silence posCMiranda1 warning; (

708 S.E.2d 491 (2010) STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Appellee v. Justin Keith BLACK, Defendant Below, Appellant. No. 34722. Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Submitted January 12, 2010. Decided March 4, 2010. *495 Jay C. Love, Huntington, WV, for the Appellant. Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., At

ORDER AMY TOTENBERG, District Judge. This insurance case arises out of an automobile accident that occurred after Nationwide’s insured, Seung Chun Park, ran a red light and struck a car driven by Stacey Camacho, causing her death. Plaintiffs Jesus Camacho, surviving spouse of Stacey Camacho and LaJean Nichols, Administratrix of the Estate of Stacey Camacho, allege that Nationwide negligently

DAVIS, C.J. The appellant, Denver A. Youngblood, Jr. (hereinafter Mr. Youngblood), was convicted in the Circuit Court of Morgan County of first degree sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, indecent exposure, two counts of brandishing a weapon, and wanton endangerment with a firearm. The circuit court sentenced Mr. Youngblood to 26 to 60 years imprisonment. The order of conviction and sentence was affirmed by a majority

956 So.2d 1016 (2007) Michael Tyrone BAILEY a/k/a Micheal Tyrone Davis, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee. No. 2004-KA-00640-COA. Court of Appeals of Mississippi. February 27, 2007. *1021 Thomas M. Fortner, Jackson, Lynn Watkins, attorneys for appellant. *1022 Office of the At