recruit sex workers. ROA, Vol. IV at 879–80. It also argued the memes were intrinsic to the enticement count because what was visible on Mr. Alfred’s Tagged account was a part of his attempt to recruit Nikki. Mr. Alfred disagreed with the government’s characterization. He argued the memes were “a historical record of things that he has thought and said and did and posted” from years ...
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Continue Reading...[Cite as State v.Tarver, 2003-Ohio-6840.] COURT OF APPEALS STARK COUNTY, OHIO FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT STATE OF OHIO Plaintiff-Appellee -vs- PAUL ART TARVER Defendant-Appellant
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Continue Reading...Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (hereafter, MPJI) binder is thus commonly used and in fact some of its instructions are mandated by Court rulings. See, e.g., Ruffin v. State, 394 Md. 355 (2006) (requiring the use of the MPJI Reasonable Doubt instruction in all criminal jury trials). 10 The MPJI contains two instructions which apply to the area of eyewitness Identifications. MPJI 3 ...
Continue Reading...CRIMINAL PATTERN JURY INSTRUCTIONS Prepared by the Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit . 2011 Edition Updated February 2018 . The Uniform Criminal Jury Instructions Committee wishes to thank all who have assisted in the preparation of these instructions. We are especially appreciative of the efforts of Robert J. Tepper, Esq ...
Continue Reading...CRIMINAL LAW – JURY INSTRUCTIONS – SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS Courts should not provide supplemental instructions in response to jury questions that fall outside the scope of the case as it was presented to the jury. Circuit Court for Montgomery County Case No. 130347 REPORTED IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 1032 September Term, 2018 _____ PATRICK JOSEPH SWEENEY v. STATE OF ...
Continue Reading...v. CRISTINA M. RAY, O P I N I O N DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. Appeal from Crawford County Common Pleas Court Trial Court No. 16-CR-0001 Judgment Affirmed Date of Decision: November 30, 2020 APPEARANCES: Howard A. Elliott for Appellant Ryan M. Hoovler for Appellee . Case No. 3-20-05 -2- ZIMMERMAN, J. {¶1} Defendant-appellant, Cristina M. Ray (“Ray”), appeals the February 20, 2020 judgment entry ...
Continue Reading...THE VIP ROOM LLC, PETITIONER, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA f[ ~AR ~9 20~ I~ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD, RESPONDENT. On Petition for Review of an Order of the District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (PR0-38-14) (Submitted March 22, 2016 Decided March 29, 2016) Before BECKWITH and MCLEESE, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge. MEMORANDUM ...
Continue Reading...Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 (2001) ..... 1-2 Anderson v. Martin ... Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio v. Buckeye Cmty. Hope Found., 538 U.S. 188 (2003); Adams v. Florida Power Corp., 535 U.S. 228 (2002); and Alexander v. Sandoval, 532 U.S. 275 (2001). PLF has also participated as amicus curiae in nearly every major Supreme Court case involving racial classifications in the past three decades, including Fisher v ...
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