Cases

*66 SELYA, Circuit Judge. This appeal marks the latest chapter in what has become a crusade: the unremitting effort of plaintiff-appellee Celso Lopez Lopez (Lopez), a native Puerto Rican, to eliminate, or at least curtail, the operations of certain checkpoints established by the federal Immigration and Nat

McGEE, Chief Judge. *498 Jonathan Lopez ("Defendant") appeals from judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of second-degree rape. Defendant argues the trial court erred by (1) denying his motion to dismiss the charge for insufficient evidence, (2) excluding testimony of his expert wit

NUMBER 13-12-00709-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG JAMES LOVEN BROWN, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. On appeal from the 156th District Court of Live Oak County,

OPINION OF THE COURT William D. Friedmann, J. Defendants Huáscar Pimental, Lenny Wiesnin and Estuardo *666Martinez, passengers in a moving automobile, are charged along with others with criminal possession of a controlled substance and using drug paraphernalia (Penal Law §§ 220.16, 220.09, 220.50) on the basis of the statutory presumption of possession

Dillard, Judge. Following trial, a jury convicted Tracey Freeman on one count of trafficking in cocaine and one count of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. On appeal, Freeman contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the trafficking conviction because the State failed to prove that he had knowledge of the weight of the cocaine and that the trial court e

627 F.3d 1178 (2010) Donald GEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mike PACHECO, in his official capacity as Unit Manager, Wyoming Department of Corrections State Penitentiary; Vance Everett, in his official capacity as (former) Warden, Wyoming Department of Corrections State Penitentiary; Carl Voigtsberger, in his official capacity as Classification and Housing Manager, Wyoming Department of Corrections State Penitentiary; Scott Abbott, in his official ca

OPINION HENDLEY, Judge. Plaintiff appeals an adverse judgment for workmen’s compensation benefits. The issues on appeal concern compensation and attorney’s fee. Mr. Armstrong was employed by StearnsRoger as an electrician. He had been fitted with a pacemaker in 1976. On October 8, 1980, Mr. Armstrong left work complaining of a sore back.

Nahmias, Justice. Appellant Constance Clark was convicted of malice murder and a firearm offense as a party to the shooting death of her husband, William Eric Clark. On appeal, she argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support her convictions and that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to offer unsworn testimony during the State’s opening

SELYA, Circuit Judge. This is a criminal case in which the appellant is challenging his conviction for illegal reentry into the United States as a previously removed alien. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). The appeal turns on the validity of the underlying order of removal. The district court found that the appellant could not satisfy the criteria for mounting a colla

Defendant Nelson Garcia appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on November 13, 2001 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On November 28, 2000, Garcia pleaded guilty to Counts One through Seven of a ten-count indictment that charged him, along with twelve co-defendants, with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. Counts Two through Sev

NAHMIAS, Justice. On May 21, 2013, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Mani Chulpayev for the murder of Melvin Vernell III and related crimes. The indictment also charged four other men, including Decensae White and Gary Bradford, with the murder and related crimes. On October 9, 2013, Chulpayev filed a pretrial motion to suppress statements that he made during interviews with F

*1127Appeals by (1) the defendant Lenny Varughese from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Rios, J.), rendered November 25, 2003, convicting him of gang assault in the first degree (two counts), assault in the first degree (five counts), criminal mischief in the third degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, (2) the defendant Stanley Varughese from a judgment

Appeals by the defendant from two judgments of the County Court, Orange County (DeRosa, J.), both rendered June 30, 2005, convicting him of attempted assault in the second degree and attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree under indictment No. 04-819, and bail jumping in the second degree under Superior Court information No. 05-431, upon his pleas of guilty, and imposing sentences. Ordered that the judg

163 F.Supp.2d 222 (2001) UNITED STATES v. Lenny BATISTA, Defendant No. 00 CR. 1296(RWS). United States District Court, S.D. New York. April 10, 2001. *223 MEMO OPINION SWEET, District Judge. Defendant Lenny Batista ("Batista") has applied for an order directing that he has complied with the bail c

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201 P.3d 844 (2009) 2009-NMSC-004 STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerome Lynn "Lenny" HOLLY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 29,488. Supreme Court of New Mexico. January 29, 2009. *846 Hugh W. Dangler, Chief Public Defender, Karl Erich Martell, Assistant Appellate Defender, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-16-00044-CV Lennis L. Nichols, Appellant v. Brent Goodger and Patrice Goodger, Appellees FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF CALDWELL COUNTY, 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 14-O-148, HONORABLE R. BRUCE BOYER, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION

321 Ga. 760 FINAL COPY S25A0256. COSTON v. THE STATE. ELLINGTON, Justice. A DeKalb County jury found Ladarion Tijuan Coston guilty of murder and other crimes in connection with the November 2020 shooting death of Caleb Simmons.1 Coston contends the evidence was constitutionally insufficient to support his convictions, his trial 1 The crimes occurred on November 29, 2020. On January 10, 2022, a DeKalb County grand jury indicted Coston and Marcus Yanc

HINES, Presiding Justice. A jury convicted DeKelvin Martin of raping his girlfriend, Tymika Wright, murdering her 12-year-old child, Savion Wright, and her elderly grandparents, Travis Ivery and Ila Ivery, by stabbing each of them repeatedly, committing aggravated sodomy against Ms. Wright in the presence of Christin Martin, the two-year-old child that Martin and Ms. Wright had

296 Ga. 543 FINAL COPY S14A1685. CLARK v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Justice. Appellant Constance Clark was convicted of malice murder and a firearm offense as a party to the shooting death of her husband, William Eric Clark. On appeal, she argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support her convictions and that the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to offer unsworn testimony during the State’s opening argument, in admitti