Case State of Oregon v. Chad Brandon Pitcher Court Oregon Court of Appeals Date Decided June 10, 2026 Docket No. […]
The Seventh Court of Appeals affirmed a fifteen-year conviction for aggravated assault on a public servant, holding that threats relayed through crisis negotiators to officers on scene satisfy the statute, and that felony deadly conduct is not a lesser-included offense of aggravated assault by threat where the indictment charges only exhibiting — not discharging — a weapon. The court modified the judgment to delete an attorney’s fees provision entered without the required finding of financial resources.
The Eighth Court of Appeals affirmed denial of a second post-conviction DNA testing motion in a capital murder case, holding that Chapter 64 does not permit comparison of a DNA specimen to a specific named individual, and that third-party DNA on the murder weapon is not exculpatory where the defendant was convicted under a law-of-parties theory and substantial evidence of guilt exists independent of the DNA.
The South Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed a murder conviction, holding that the defendant’s decision to return to the confrontation site while armed — minutes after texting “I’m gonna kill that BBoy” — defeated Stand Your Ground immunity under the Protection of Persons and Property Act; suicide attempt evidence was properly admitted under the Cartwright framework; and the self-defense jury charge adequately covered the law.
Case In re K.J. Court Ohio Court of Appeals, First Appellate District (Hamilton County) Date Decided June 10, 2026 Docket
Case In the Matter of the Expungement of the Criminal/Juvenile Records of A.W. (consolidated with In the Matter of the
Case State of Iowa v. Megan Renee Sunderman Court Iowa Court of Appeals Date Decided June 10, 2026 Docket No.
Case State of Iowa v. Renard Winfield Jr. Court Iowa Court of Appeals Date Decided June 10, 2026 Docket No.
Case State of Hawaiʻi v. Currena Tomie Meyers Court Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals Date Decided June 10, 2026 Docket
Case Carmen Marie Q. San Nicolas v. State of Florida Court Florida First District Court of Appeal Date Decided June
Case Timothy M. Kirkland v. State of Florida Court Florida First District Court of Appeal Date Decided June 10, 2026
Case Myron Tobler v. State of Florida Court Florida First District Court of Appeal Date Decided June 10, 2026 Docket
Case State of West Virginia v. Randy C. Cain Court Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Date Decided June
Case State of Oregon v. Jacob Duschell Weber Court Oregon Court of Appeals Date Decided June 10, 2026 Docket No.
Case United States v. Rayford Evans Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Date Decided June 9, 2026
Case United States v. Frank Washington, III Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Date Decided June 9,
Case United States v. Joshua Schatz Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Date Decided June 9, 2026
Case State of Ohio v. William Dupree Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District Date Decided June 9, 2026
Case State ex rel. George B. Woznak v. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District
Case State of Ohio v. Cody A. Friend Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Fifth District (Muskingum County) Date Decided June
Case State of Ohio v. Joshua Samson Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District (Muskingum County) Date Decided June
Case State of Ohio v. Paul A. Steele Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Fifth Appellate District, Knox County Date Decided
Case Cynthia Barnett v. State of Mississippi Court Mississippi Court of Appeals Date Decided June 9, 2026 Docket No. 2024-KA-01298-COA
The Seventh Court of Appeals affirmed convictions after holding that a defendant who refuses a court-ordered sanity evaluation waives any right to such an evaluation and cannot complain on appeal of its denial, and that a December 2022 incompetency finding was legally irrelevant to the separate question of the defendant’s sanity at the time of the offenses.