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PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-4327 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. DONTAE SMALL, Defendant – Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. James K. Bredar, Chief District Judge. (1:16-cr-00086-JKB-1) Argued: October 31, 2019

WR-83,219-01 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

ACCEPTED 03-14-00088-CR 4520679 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN,

ACCEPTED 03-14-00408-CR 6543390 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 8/18/2015 1:45:55 PM

ACCEPTED 03-14-00088-CR 6543329 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 8/18/2015 1:44:48 PM

ACCEPTED 03-14-00408-CR 4520685 THIRD COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN,

Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 28, 2008 Affirmed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 28, 2008. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals

BRYANT, Judge. Where exceptional circumstances do not exist to justify suspending our Rules of Appellate Procedure and reaching an issue pursuant to Rule 2, we will not address defendants’ argument. Where the trial court’s jury instructions clearly required that the State prove defendants were the perpetrators of the crimes charged, we find no plain error by the trial court’s failure to give a specific instruction regarding

EBEL, Circuit Judge. Defendant-appellant Corey Cornelius was charged with four counts of federal racketeering- and drug-related offenses in 2008 in the District of Kansas along with nineteen codefendants in a thirty-count indictment. A jury convicted Cornelius in 2009 of one count of conspiracy to commit a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”),

OPINION TARNOW, District Judge. Pursuant to a guilty plea to the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, the district court sentenced defendant Jay-donta Lavar Washington to 15 years’ imprisonment, the statutory minimum under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). On appeal, the defendant’s appellate counsel filed a motion to withdraw, accompanied by a brief in accordance with

Adkins, J. In posteonvietion cases, we must often navigate the fine line between a defendant’s right to a fair trial on the one hand and the legal system’s interest in finality on the other. Today we are faced with the question of whether a posteonvietion petitioner’s trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective in consenting to the presence of an alternate juror during deliberations. ■ We also address whether his appellate

HARRELL, J. Witnesses in criminal trials have typically a variety of interactions with the State prior to testifying under oath before a judge and/or jury. Usually, a witness is interviewed initially by a police officer or detective after the commission of a crime. Witnesses might be offered a monetary reward in exchange for coming

650 F.3d 350 (2011) Luisa PEREZ; Elvin Francisco Gonza Osovio, Individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MOUNTAIRE FARMS, INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation; Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and Ray Barrientos; Maria Gomez; Juana Miguel; Gibran Moya Rivera; Gloria Paneto Castro; Shitwa Perez Lopez; Jose Antonio Santiag Lugo; Maritza Alcover

Opinion by Graeff, J. In this appeal, the State of Maryland, appellant, challenges the August 25, 2015, Order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, which granted the petition for post-conviction relief filed by appellee, Donta Newton, on the ground that he received *245 ineff

This Court granted Kendrick Donta Colson's ("defendant") petition for writ of certiorari to review judgment entered after a jury found him to be guilty of robbery with a dangerous weapon pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-87. We hold that defendant is entitled to a new trial. I. Background The State's evidence tended to show that on 19 January 2003, defendant and an accomplice allegedly entered into a convenienc

DECKER, Judge. Shavis Donta Holloman appeals his convictions for second-degree murder, malicious wounding, attempted robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and gang participation. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the convictions.

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-23-00052-CV __________________ JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, Appellant V. KOURTNEY HADNOT, Appellee ____________________________________________

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 18-3379 ___________________________ Juan Dontae Shelton, lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee, v. Brian Stevens,

NOTICE: This opinion is subject to modification resulting from motions for reconsideration under Supreme Court Rule 27, the Court’s reconsideration, and editorial revisions by the Reporter of Decisions. The version of the opinion published in the Advance Sheets for the Georgia Reports, designated as the “Final Copy,” will replace any prior version on the Court’s website and docket. A bound volume of the Georgia Reports will contain the final and official text of the opinion. In the Supreme Cou

(2008) Montoyae Dontae SHARPE, Petitioner, v. Michael T.W. BELL, Respondent. No. 5:04-HC-886-BO. United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Western Division. August 8, 2008. ORDER TERRENCE WILLIAM BOYLE, District Judge. This cause is before the Court on Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment. Montoyae Dontae Sharpe (Sharpe) f