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Prior convictions admissible in child endangerment case
People v. Emrick, decided by California Court of Appeal on April 24, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant was convicted of felony child endangerment. The appellate court affirmed t...
Appellate Court Affirms Modification of Divorce Judgment
Osorio v. Osorio, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 24, 2026, resulted in a affirmed outcome. The appellate court reviewed a trial court's order that modified a final judgment of di...
Appellate court affirms conviction, admitting evidence of prior offenses
In Re Gregory G. Idom v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 24, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Gregory G. Idom, appealed his conviction for aggra...
Appellate Court Modifies Alimony Award in Dissolution Case
Witvoet v. Witvoet, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 24, 2026, resulted in a mixed outcome. The appellate court reviewed a final judgment of dissolution of marriage, specifically a...
Prior Bad Acts Evidence Admissible Under Modus Operandi Exception
Thompson v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 24, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Thompson, challenged his conviction for aggravated batt...
Appellate court affirms conviction, admitting prior bad acts evidence
In Re Randall Bolivar v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Randall Bolivar, challenged his conviction for agg...
Appellate Court Affirms Assault Conviction, Upholds Admissibility of Extraneous Offense Evidence
Jose Luis Espinoza v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Jose Luis Espinoza, appealed his conviction for aggra...
Texas court affirms conviction, admitting prior bad acts evidence
Austin Douglas Worley v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Austin Douglas Worley, appealed his conviction for...
Appellate court affirms conviction, allowing evidence of prior bad acts to prove intent.
Deandre Deshawn Brooks v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Deandre Deshawn Brooks, appealed his conviction f...
Court Upholds Admission of Prior Convictions in Sentencing
Tyrone Shepard v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Tyrone Shepard, was convicted of aggravated robbery. He a...
Ohio Court of Appeals Upholds Admissibility of Defendant's Statements
State v. Magan, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's decision, holding that the defendant's sta...
Court upholds sealing of documents in criminal case
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, INC v. DIST. CT. (CHASING HORSE) (CIVIL), decided by Nevada Supreme Court on April 23, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Las Vegas Review-Journal sought to compe...
Texas Court Affirms Conviction Based on "State of Mind" Exception for Prior Bad Acts
In Re Levi Hardy v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 22, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Levi Hardy, challenged his conviction for aggravated as...
Prior bad acts evidence admissible to prove identity in aggravated assault case
Collins v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 22, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Collins, challenged his conviction for aggravated assaul...
Child molestation conviction affirmed; victim's excited utterance testimony admissible
People v. Landrine, decided by California Court of Appeal on April 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant was convicted of child molestation. The appellate court affirmed the con...
Court Orders Release of Child Abuse Investigation Documents
In Re Texas Department of Family and Protective Services v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Texas Department of Family...
Appellate Court Reverses Equitable Distribution in Divorce Case
Elizabeth Marie Collins v. Sean Christopher Collins, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 21, 2026, resulted in a mixed outcome. The appellate court reviewed a final judgment of dissol...
Appellate Court Affirms Divorce Judgment on Child Support and Property
Micaiah Lufcy v. Sarah Lufcy N/K/A Sarah Tolfa, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decis...
Prior conviction admissible to prove identity in assault case
Gary W. Lucas, Jr. v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellate court reviewed a conviction for aggravated ass...
Prior Bad Acts Evidence Admissible to Prove Identity in Assault Case
Zakariya Daud Clarke v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Zakariya Daud Clarke, challenged his convic...
Appellate Court Affirms Aggravated Battery Conviction, Upholds Impeachment Evidence
People v. Johnson, decided by Illinois Appellate Court on April 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a defendant's conviction for aggravated battery, ho...
Court Upholds Conviction, Admits Prior Sexual Assault Evidence
Lewis Carl Hunt v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Lewis Carl Hunt, challenged his conviction for aggravate...
Ohio Court Affirms Domestic Violence Conviction Despite "Bad Acts" Evidence
State v. Mundt, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant appealed his conviction for domestic violence, arguing that the trial court erred...
Appellate court upholds conviction, admitting prior bad acts evidence
In Re Beverly Brooks v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Beverly Brooks, challenged her conviction for aggra...
Defendant's continuances waive speedy trial rights, writ denied
Cleare v. Super. Ct., decided by California Court of Appeal on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The petitioner, Cleare, sought a writ of mandate to compel the superior court to dis...
Appellate Court Affirms Juvenile Waiver for Serious Felony Offense
In re M.D., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ohio Court of Appeals reviewed a juvenile court's decision to waive its jurisdiction over a min...
Texas Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Quash Cell Phone Subpoena
In Re Heather Zermeno, Relator v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 16, 2026, resulted in a reversed outcome. This case concerns whether a trial court erred in denying a m...