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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ROBERT LEE GRAHAM (SC 20153) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued September 16, 2020—officially released February 4, 2021* Procedural History Substitute information charging the defendant with the crime of murder, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford, where the court, Gold, J., denied in part the defendant’s

HINES, Presiding Justice. In 2005, a jury convicted Gregory Walker of malice murder and related crimes, and the jury fixed Walker’s sentence for the murder at death. This Court unanimously affirmed Walker’s convictions and sentences. See Walker v. State, 281 Ga. 157 (635 SE2d 740) (2006). In September 2008, Walker filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Siddoway, J. ¶1 At issue in this case is the personal liability of Robert Loshbaugh, former president of a now-defunct construction company, for obligations arising out of company business that were discussed and documented with a creditor during a period when the company had ceased operations and was administratively dissolved. The trial court granted summary judgment against Mr. Loshbaugh and his marital community on grounds th

USCA11 Case: 18-15299 Date Filed: 12/04/2020 Page: 1 of 19 [PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 18-15299 ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 2:16-cr-00326-MHT-SRW-1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

545 S.E.2d 263 (2001) Martin J. GRAHAM and Lorene M. Templeton, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Fred L. MOCK and The Davidson County Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees. No. COA00-549. Court of Appeals of North Carolina. May 1, 2001. *264 Central Carolina Legal Services, by Stanley B. Sprague and Richard W. Wells, Greensboro, for

WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judge: This appeal presents the questions whether due process forbids giving a jury’s findings of negligence and strict liability in a class action against cigarette manufacturers preclusive effect in a later individual suit by a class member and, if not, whether federal law preempts the jury’s findings. Florida smokers and their survivors filed a class action against several tobacco companies, and aft

|, SULLIVAN, Judge. Zurich North America Insurance Company (Zurich) appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of Elizabeth Smith Distefano a/k/a Elizabeth Matney, Anita Smith Campo a/k/a Anita Smith Campo Brewer, Graham L. Smith, Jr., and Allstate Insurance Company. We affirm. Background Frederick Walker injured his back when he stepped in a hole while delivering gas fo

JACOBS, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Richard E. Graham (dba Night Owl Computer Service and then through a corporate entity, Night Owl’s Publisher, Inc.1) marketed CD-ROM disks containing compilations of computer programs; defendant Larry D. James created file-retrieval programs that allowed users to access particular programs on Graham’s products or (presumably) other CD-ROM disks. In this case, the

BY THE COURT: In an earlier order of this Court, we granted a petition for rehearing en bane in this case. After that order was issued, Chief Judge Carnes discovered that he may be recused and, in an abundance of caution to avoid any appearance of impropriety, .he has recused himself from any participation in the decision of this case. This court’s earli

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge: In 1996,- a Florida District Court of Appeal approved certification of a class-action lawsuit originating in the Circuit Court of Dade County that encompassed an estimated 700,000 Floridians who brought state-law damages claims against the major American tobacco companies for medical conditions, including cancer, “caused by their addiction to cigarettes t

803 F.Supp.2d 1285 (2011) Sarah WALKER, Plaintiff, v. THI OF NEW MEXICO AT HOBBS CENTER d/b/a Hobbs Health Care Center, Diana Melton, Jaime Andujo, Debbie Lothridge, Karen Hood, THI of New Mexico, LLC, Fundamental Clinical Consulting, LLC, and Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC, Defendants. No. CIV 09-0060 JB/RLP. United States District Court, D. New Mexico. April 7, 2011

803 F.Supp.2d 1287 (2011) Sarah WALKER, Plaintiff, v. THI OF NEW MEXICO AT HOBBS CENTER d/b/a Hobbs Health Care Center, Diana Melton, Jaime Andujo, Debbie Lothridge, Karen Hood (Miller), THI of New Mexico, LLC, Fundamental Clinical Consulting, LLC, Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC, THI of Baltimore, Inc., and Fundamental Long-Term Care Holdings, LLC, Defendants, and THI of New Mexico at Hobbs Center, LLC, THI of New Mexico, LLC, Funda

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER JAMES O. BROWNING, District Judge. THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Plaintiffs Third Motion to Compel Discovery Responses, filed March 4, 2011 (Doc. 220). The Court held a hearing on April 29, 2011. The primary issues are: (i) *334whether the Court should order the Defendants to amend their answers t

801 F.Supp.2d 1128 (2011) Sarah WALKER, Plaintiff, v. THI OF NEW MEXICO AT HOBBS CENTER d/b/a Hobbs Health Care Center, Diana Melton, Jaime Andujo, Debbie Lothridge, Karen Hood (Miller), Thi of New Mexico, LLC, Fundamental Clinical Consulting, LLC, Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC, Thi of Baltimore, Inc., and Fundamental Long-Term Care Holdings, LLC, Defendants, and Thi of New Mexico at Hobbs Center, LLC, Thi of New Mexico, LLC, Funda

USCA11 Case: 19-10332 Document: 302-1 Date Filed: 12/02/2024 Page: 1 of 142 19-10332 Opinion of the Court 1 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 19-10332 _______

In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 19-2373 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ERIN F. GRAHAM, JR., Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court f

Opinion ORME, Judge: 1 Defendant Jerry Lee Graham appeals his conviction for escape, a third degree felony, see Utah Code Ann. § 76-8-309 (Lexis-Nexis 2012), 1 claiming that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance and that the trial court committed plain error. We affirm.

657 F.Supp.2d 210 (2009) Gilbert M. GRAHAM, Plaintiff, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 03-1951 (RWR/DAR). United States District Court, District of Columbia. September 29, 2009. *212 Gilbert M. Graham, Hughesville, MD, pro se. Benton Gregory Peterson, Assistant United States Attorney, Washingto

In an action brought in the County Court, Westchester County, to recover damages for injury to property, the appeal is from a judgment entered on the direction of a verdict in respondent’s favor. Respondent’s motor vehicle was alleged to have been damaged through the negligence of appellant in the operation of his motor vehicle. Judgment reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide the event. The evidence adduced presented a question o

W. Keith Watkins, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Plaintiff Judith A. Neelley was originally sentenced to death, but Alabama Governor *1242Fob James commuted her sentence to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. A few years later, the Alabama Legislature made a class of its inmates ineligible for parole. That class consists of