Even though appellant was a joint holder of a checking account with her mother, who named her in a power of attorney, appellant was properly convicted of grand larceny when she wrote herself a large check. Entitlement to jointly own ...

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Where an informant identified, from a single photograph, the person from whom he was to make an undercover drug purchase, the trial court correctly ruled that this was an admissible out-of-court identification. Appellant’s conviction for distributing a Schedule I or ...

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Where a prisoner was convicted of attempting to possess drugs, conspiracy to distribute the drugs and soliciting a person to deliver drugs to a prisoner, testimony about his co-conspirators’ statements was admissible hearsay. Further, there was sufficient evidence linking the ...

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Where appellant argues the trial court incorrectly denied his motion to reconsider his multiple convictions based on post-trial challenges to the court’s credibility determinations, the judgment is affirmed because the appellant had the information before the court entered its judgment. ...

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There was sufficient evidence to conclude that appellant was the driver in this DUI case. Single-car crash Appellant Billups and White, her co-worker, were involved in a single car crash. May, who was waiting at a red light, saw the ...

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Where claimant injured his hip when he ducked under a closing garage bay door and dragged his foot on an inclined portion of the floor, there was “a causal connection between the conditions under which the work was required to ...

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Where appellant previously pleaded guilty to a felony hit and run and driving on a suspended license, a later “agreement” the parties proffered to the trial court is best understood as a sentencing recommendation rather than a modified plea agreement. ...

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The circuit court correctly concluded that it lacked power to grant equitable relief despite appellant’s pleading that the separation agreement was unconscionable and procured by fraud. Background Stephanie Shobe filed for divorce after a 10-year marriage to Steve Gilman, the ...

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Appellant’s argument that consensual sexual activity with another provides consent to be recorded while doing so is rejected. His conviction under the unlawful filming statute is affirmed. Overview Appellant Johnson made “many” secret recordings of his sexual activity with D.B. ...

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In this aggravated malicious wounding case, the jury was correctly instructed that a defendant’s heat of passion defense must arise from the victim’s provocation rather than being provoked by someone else. Further, there was sufficient evidence of malice to support ...

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