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580 S.E.2d 259 (2003) 260 Ga. App. 612 MOHAMUD v. WACHOVIA CORPORATION et al. No. A03A0261. Court of Appeals of Georgia. March 11, 2003. Reconsideration Denied March 27, 2003. Sidney L. Moore, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant. Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers, Pankaj K. Shere, Charles B. Marsh, Atlanta, for appellees. <

OPINION AND ORDER KING, District Judge. A jury convicted defendant Mohamed Osman Mohamud of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, specifically a destructive device or explosive bomb, against a person or property within the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2332a(a)(2)(A). Before the court are defendant’s Motion for Judgment of Acquittal After Jury Verdict [431] and Motion for a New Tria

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE VENTERS Appellee, Mohamud Abukar, a United States citizen and a native of Somalia, was convicted of first degree rape in Kenton Circuit Court and sentenced to twelve years in prison. The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment upon its conclusion that the trial court’s failure to provide Abukar with a Somali interpreter for his rape trial violated KRS 30A.410.1

People v Lane (2023 NY Slip Op 03985) People v Lane 2023 NY Slip Op 03985 Decided on July 28, 2023 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

2025 UT App 46 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. ALEX CHRISTOPHER MENDOZA JR., Appellant. Opinion No. 20230471-CA Filed April 3, 2025 Third District Court, Salt Lake Department The Honorable Elizabeth A. Hruby-Mills

317 Ga. 218 FINAL COPY S23A0454. SCOTT v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Appellant Diontye Scott was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Antonio Veal.1 On appeal, Scott contends that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to (1) request an instruction limiting the jury’s 1 The crimes occurred on October 3, 2017. On January 5, 2018, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Scott for mali

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 23-1987 JUDITH HENRY v. ESSEX COUNTY; DETECTIVE LEONARD JACKSON, in his individual and official capacity; DETECTIVE DIANE MUNOZ, in her individual and official capacity; SHERIFF OFFICER JOSEPH DENEQUOLO, in his individual and official capacity; SHERIFF OFFICER JANICE GUY, in her indiv

Filed 02/27/20 by Clerk of Supreme Court IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 2020 ND 50 State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Henry Lee Marcum, Defendant and Appellant No. 20190229 Appeal from the District Court of Logan County, Southeast Judicial District, the Honorable Daniel D. Na

Filed 02/27/20 by Clerk of Supreme Court IN THE SUPREME COURT STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA 2020 ND 50 State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee v. Henry Lee Marcum, Defendant and Appellant No. 20190229 Appeal from the District Court of Logan County, Southeast Judicial District, the Honorable Daniel D. Na

316 Ga. 452 FINAL COPY S23A0281. COPELAND v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Matthew Copeland was convicted of felony murder and related crimes in connection with the shooting death of Carlos Glenn.1 On 1 The shooting occurred on December 11, 2012. In March 2013, Copeland was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury for malice murder (Count 1); two counts of felony murder (Counts 2 and 3), predicated respectively on the crimes charged in Count 4 (aggravated as

2025 UT App 131 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. ALAN DUDLEY HAMBERLIN, Appellant. Opinion No. 20230212-CA Filed August 28, 2025 Sixth District Court, Kanab Department The Honorable Mandy Larsen

309 Ga. 110 FINAL COPY S20A0134. MATHIS v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Nathaniel Mathis was found guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Rodney Benton.1 Mathis appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence as to each offense of which he was convicted, and contending that he 1 The crimes occurred on June 11, 2016. On September 6, 2016, Mathis was indicted by a Fulton County grand jury for: malice murd

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (M. William Boiler, A. J.), rendered January 10, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of murder in the second degree. It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously modified as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice by reducing the sentence imposed to an indeterminate term of incarceration of 18 years to life, and as m

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Erie County (M. William Boiler, A. J.), rendered January 10, 2014. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of murder in the second degree. It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously modified as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice by reducing the sentence imposed to an indeterminate term of incarceration of 18 years to life, and as m

307 Ga. 763 FINAL COPY S19A1518. RAMMAGE v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. Appellant Johnny Rammage was convicted of malice murder and a firearm offense in connection with the shooting death of Chris Johnson. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred by not allowing him to introduce evidence of Johnson’s prior acts of violence, by declining to give jury instructions on justification and accident, and by admitting evidence of his prior convictio

Blackwell, Justice. Quinnard Gibson was tried by a Fulton County jury and convicted of murder in connection with the fatal beating of Shannon Stanley. Gibson appeals, contending that the evidence is legally insufficient to sustain his conviction, that the trial court erred when it admitted evidence of a similar transaction, and that it erred when it excluded evidence that Stanley had a reputation for violence. Upon our review

303 Ga. 420 FINAL COPY S17A1753. HOOD v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Justice. Appellant Tommy Hood was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Morrell Dorsey and the aggravated assault of Alkeyna Bilal. Appellant contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to prove him guilty of felony murder; that the trial court committed plain error in failing to give, and his trial counsel provided ine

CHRISTIANSEN FORSTER, Judge: ¶1 Joseph Michael Simpson was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He appeals his conviction alleging that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to move to suppress Simpson's police interviews, which were arguably taken in violation of the

2020 UT App 78 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. DANIEL BAGLEY ROGERS, Appellant. Opinion No. 20180842-CA Filed May 21, 2020 Third District Court, Salt Lake Department The Honorable Richard D. McKelvie

303 Ga. 373 FINAL COPY S17A1549. ELLER et al. v. THE STATE. GRANT, Justice. Appellant Steven Mark Eller was found guilty of malice murder and other crimes, and his sister, Appellant Tammy Murphy, was found guilty of felony murder and other crimes, all in connection with the March 2013 shooting death of Murphy’s boyfriend, Danny Lamar Gravley. Appellants now appeal, asserting that the evidence was insufficient to sustain Murphy’s felony murder and aggrav