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Ohio Court Affirms Conviction, Upholds Admissibility of Prior Convictions
State v. McRae, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on April 22, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant, McRae, was convicted of aggravated robbery and felonious assault. He appealed, a...
Florida appeals court upholds aggravated battery conviction, affirms evidence admission
Atkins v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 16, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Atkins, challenged his conviction and sentence for aggrav...
Prior Bad Acts Evidence Admissible to Prove Identity and Intent
Stewart v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 15, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Stewart, challenged his conviction for aggravated batter...
Court Upholds Conviction, Admitting Prior Sexual Assault Evidence
Justin Wayne Ortego v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Justin Wayne Ortego, appealed his conviction for agg...
Eleventh Circuit Denies Habeas Corpus for Child Abuse Conviction
Ricardo McClinton v. Warden, Baldwin State Prison, decided by Eleventh Circuit on April 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eleventh Circuit reviewed the denial of Ricardo McClinton's p...
Prior Bad Acts Evidence Admissible; Lesser Included Offense Instruction Properly Denied
Ford v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on April 13, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Ford, challenged his conviction for aggravated battery, arg...
Appellate court affirms conviction, admitting prior bad acts evidence
Bobbie Hall Wooldridge v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 9, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Bobbie Hall Wooldridge, appealed her conviction fo...
Nevada Supreme Court Affirms Murder Conviction, Remands for Resentencing
CHABOT (WACEY) v. STATE (CRIMINAL), decided by Nevada Supreme Court on April 9, 2026, resulted in a mixed outcome. The defendant, Wacey Chabot, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to de...
Texas court affirms conviction, admitting prior bad acts evidence for intent
Jacqueline Yvette Partida v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on April 1, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Jacqueline Yvette Partida, appealed her convict...
Prior sexual assault evidence admissible to prove intent in aggravated sexual assault conviction
Alan Roy Hartzel v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 25, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Alan Roy Hartzel, appealed his conviction for aggravate...
Appellate court affirms conviction for aggravated assault
Roberson Occil v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 19, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Roberson Occil, was convicted of aggravated assault with ...
Texas Court Affirms Aggravated Sexual Assault Conviction, Upholding Evidence Ruling
Richard Dennis Lancaster v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 19, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Richard Dennis Lancaster, appealed his convicti...
Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Felony Murder Conviction
Badie v. State, decided by Georgia Supreme Court on March 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Supreme Court of Georgia reviewed a case where a defendant was convicted of felony murder a...
Appellate court affirms aggravated robbery conviction, rejects lesser offense instruction.
State v. Rivers, decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on March 13, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The defendant was convicted of aggravated robbery and felonious assault. On appeal, the defend...
Appellate Court Affirms Aggravated Battery Conviction
Anthony Davis v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 12, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Anthony Davis, appealed his conviction for aggrava...
Court Upholds Conviction, Admitting Prior Assault Evidence
Christopher Lee Head v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 9, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Christopher Lee Head, challenged his conviction for ...
Appellate Court Affirms Aggravated Assault Conviction
Antoine Demetruis DeGrate v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 5, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Antoine Demetruis DeGrate, appealed his convict...
Prior conviction admissible to prove intent and identity in aggravated assault case
David Lee Davis v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 5, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, David Lee Davis, challenged his conviction for ag...
Appellate court upholds conviction, admitting prior bad acts evidence
Tajaurae Jones v. the State of Texas, decided by Texas Court of Appeals on March 3, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Tajaurae Jones, was convicted of aggravated assault with a...
Search of vehicle lacked probable cause, evidence suppressed
Willie Shade v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on March 3, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The appellate court reviewed the denial of a motion to suppress evi...
Florida appeals court upholds aggravated battery conviction
Davis v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 26, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Davis, challenged his conviction for aggravated battery...
Appellate court upholds drug conviction, finding probable cause for warrantless vehicle search.
Robert Lisby v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 25, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Robert Lisby, appealed his conviction for posses...
Conviction for aggravated battery affirmed; prior bad acts evidence admissible
Bruce Edward Gordon, Jr. v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 24, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellate court reviewed a conviction for aggra...
Prior Bad Acts Evidence Admissible; Lesser Included Offense Instruction Properly Denied
Snyder v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Snyder, challenged his conviction for aggravated batte...
Conviction for Aggravated Battery Affirmed Due to Lack of Lesser Included Offense Instruction
Brogdon v. State of Florida, decided by Florida District Court of Appeal on February 20, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The appellant, Brogdon, challenged his conviction for aggravated bat...