Appellate Court Opinions

plain error, instructional error, larceny, intent

Motion for Appropriate Relief; post-conviction DNA testing

Plain error; Indictment; Clerical error.

Rule 2; sufficiency of the evidence; rational trier of fact; assault; immediate bodily harm; manifest injustice; body-worn camera

Motion to dismiss; Malice; Premeditation and deliberation; Common law obstruction of justice; Solicitation; Intimidating a witness; Cross-examination limitation.

Attempted first-degree murder; Malice aforethought; Indictment; Non-jurisdictional pleading defect; Sufficiency of pleading; Plain error review; Motion for appropriate relief.

expert witness fit test, bench trial, plain error

probable cause; ineffective assistance of counsel; automobile exception; odor plus standard; plain error; motion to suppress; material conflict in evidence.

Discharging a Weapon into an Occupied Vehicle; Opening the Door; Rule 401; Rule 403; Gang-Related Evidence; Restitution Amount Unsupported by the Evidence.

right to speedy trial; jury instructions; double jeopardy; assault with a deadly weapon; robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Rule 12(b)(6); Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim; Breach of contract; Gross negligence.

investment property, classification, appreciation

statute of limitations, service of process, discretionary review, summary judgment, due diligence

Interlocutory orders; substantial rights; inconsistent-verdicts doctrine.

equitable distribution, valuation and distribution of marital assets, marital debt

Conditional PWC; juvenile delinquency; dispositional factors.

termination of parental rights, no-merit brief, neglect

Termination of parental rights; Best interest of the child; Uncontested findings of fact; Abuse of discretion.

Termination of parental rights; guardianship.