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Criminal – Prior bad acts
Where a jury convicted a defendant of two counts of rape of a child with force and two counts of aggravated rape of a child, the convictions should be vacated because prior bad act evidence may have overwhelmed the proceedings.
Habeas corpus – ‘Prior bad act’ evidence
Where a petitioner contends that the admission of prior bad evidence rendered his state trial fundamentally unfair, we find his claim to be both “unexhausted" and “untenable" and therefore affirm a denial of his habeas corpus petition.
Criminal – Rape of child – Prior bad act evidence
Where during a defendant's trial on charges of child rape, certain prior bad act evidence was admitted, this constituted prejudicial error requiring that the defendant's conviction be reversed.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Injury during baby’s adenoidectomy leads to stroke
- Construction worker’s hand caught in cement mixer
- Worker trapped in freezer, dies during steam cleaning
- Pedestrian, 69, hit by motor vehicle while in crosswalk
- Four-vehicle pileup leaves driver with spinal cord injury
- Nursing home staff blamed for kidney-failure death
- Pharmacy’s late delivery blamed for patient’s death
- Man, 25, drowns after swimming lesson at fitness club
Opinion Digests
- Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Non-signatory
- Criminal – Responsibility
- Attorneys – Lien
- Landlord and tenant – Default judgment
- Zoning – Constructive grant – Comprehensive permit
- Fraud – False Claims Act – Settlement share
- Civil practice – Discovery – Cybersecurity
