The Fourth Department affirms a second-degree murder conviction upon a jury verdict in consolidated appeals, conducting a comprehensive review of constitutional, evidentiary, and procedural claims.
The Fourth Department affirms the defendant’s jury conviction for second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and weapon possession, addressing challenges to the sufficiency and weight of evidence and various trial rulings.
The Fourth Department affirms County Court’s acceptance of a grand jury report under CPL 190.85 recommending the removal of a City Court Judge for misconduct in office, rejecting challenges to the grand jury proceedings.
The Ninth Circuit denies qualified immunity to two former SFPD inspectors accused of fabricating evidence that led to Joaquin Ciria’s 32-year wrongful imprisonment, holding that the right not to be charged based on deliberately fabricated evidence was clearly established by 1990.
In a companion to the published Ciria v. Gerrans opinion, the Ninth Circuit grants qualified immunity on the wrongfully imprisoned man’s son’s familial association claim, finding the specific right was not clearly established in 1990 — even though the father’s own fabrication-of-ev
Case State of Washington v. Nigel Sinclair Hogan Sr. Court Supreme Court of the State of Washington (En Banc) Date
Case State of New Mexico v. Joshua Shane Freeman Court Supreme Court of New Mexico Date Decided June 4, 2026
The Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals reversed a ten-year deferred-adjudication conviction, holding the trial court violated Magnuson’s Faretta right to self-representation at the adjudication hearing when it denied his unequivocal request to proceed pro se—over the State’s delay-tactic objection—without making the required findings that the request was knowing, voluntary, and timely.
The Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and dismissed challenges to Texas Occupations Code § 108.052(2)’s automatic denial of social worker licenses to applicants with prior violent felony convictions, holding that the categorical disqualification survives rational-basis review under Patel because protecting vulnerable patients is a legitimate government interest and the bar is not oppressively burdensome.
The Eighth District reversed and vacated two contempt findings, holding the trial court improperly charged a defendant with indirect contempt without providing the statutory notice and hearing required by R.C. 2705.03.