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Verellen, C.J. ¶1 A missing witness instruction should be used sparingly and is inapplicable where the missing witness’s testimony would necessarily be self-incriminating. ¶2 Steven Houser appeals his conviction for felony driving while under the influence of intoxicants (DUI). He argues his conviction should be reversed because the trial court misapplied the

ORDER PER CURIAM On consideration of. the certified order changing respondent’s status to practice law in the state of Maryland to inactive by consent, this court’s December 5, 2017, order suspending respondent and directing him to show cause why he should not be indefinitely suspended pursuant to a disability su

OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J.E.: Appellant Anthony Washington appeals from the Order entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on March 2, 2017, denying his "Motion to Preclude Retrial and Dismiss All Cha[r]ges on the Basis of Intentional Prosecutorial Misconduct, Pursuant to the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution and the Federal Constitution." After careful review, we affirm.1

Brennan, Circuit Judge. *423 Since the Founders crafted the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment, courts have grappled with the "play in the joints" between them. Walz v. Tax Comm. of City of N.Y. ,

*1211 OPINION FISHER, Circuit Judge: Steven Grovo, Joshua Petersen and 11 others from around the United States were indicted for their roles in Kingdom of Future Dreams (KOFD), an online bulletin board dedicated to discussing and exchanging child pornography. Although the other

Worswick, J. ¶1 — Steven Oliver appeals the summary judgment dismissal of his action against Grays Harbor *535 County and Eugene Mero for damages suffered from a dog bite. He argues that a former policy contained in the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Department Policies and Procedures manual created a duty tha

Hamilton, Circuit Judge. *710 This appeal presents issues stemming from a prison's discipline of a prisoner and his later suicide attempts. The story began in 2014 when correctional officers at the Menard Correctional Facility found contraband alcohol in the cell of plaintiff Steven D. Lis

—Spain, J. Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Teresi, J.), entered March 11, 2002 in Albany County, upon a decision of the court in favor of defendants. On April 26, 1989, plaintiff, a real estate development company, entered a written development agreement signed by its president and sole stockholder, Steven Strong, with defendant Washington Medical Associates (hereinafter WMA), a general partnership

HOFFSTADT, J. *22Under the so-called Aranda / Bruton doctrine, a trial court may generally not allow a jury in a joint criminal trial of a defendant and *23codefendant to hear the unredacted confession of the codefendant that also directly impl

EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge: In 2015, the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) suspected that Banca Privada d’Andorra S.A. (“the Bank”) was being used to launder money. Pursuant to Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Fin-CEN issued a Notice of Finding and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notices”) proposing to cut off the Bank’s ties to

OPINION BY STEVENS, P.J. This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County following Appellant’s conviction on the charges of possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, firearms not to be carried without a license, and felon not to possess a firearm.1 In addition to this

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See State v. Partlow, 840 So.2d 1040 (Fla.2003) (“[F]ailure to inform a defendant about a collateral consequence — one that does not have a definite, immediate, and largely automatic effect on the range of the defendant’s punishment— cannot render the plea involuntary.”). WARNER, MAY and CONNER, JJ., concur.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge. Iowa State University (ISU) grants student organizations permission to use its trademarks if certain conditions are met. The ISU student chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML ISU) had several of its trademark licensing requests denied because its designs included a cannabis leaf. Two members of the student group subsequently filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, all

PER CURIAM: 1 A decade ago, the United States was engulfed in perhaps the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Toxic mortgage debt had poisoned the global financial system. Hoping to reverse a national housing-market meltdown, Congress passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 ("HERA"), Pub. L. No. 110-28

Owens, J. ¶1 Klein Honda is a Honda dealership. It purchases vehicles from Honda at wholesale and sells them at retail. From time to time, Honda offers a “dealer cash” incentive program for its dealerships. Under that program, dealerships can earn dealer cash (i.e., a specific amount of extra money) if they sell specific Honda models during specific times and comply with other terms and conditions. ¶2 This case

447 F.Supp.2d 1158 (2006) James G. BIRKHOLM and Deanna L. Birkholm, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, v. WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, F.A., JP Morgan Chase Bank, formerly known as Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee for Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust 199-LB 1, and Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., Defendants. No. CO5-5481RJB. United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Tacoma.

ORDER PER CURIAM In this consolidated appeal, the defendants, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Washington University, and Dr. Steven Hunt, appeal the judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis granting a new trial to the plaintiffs, Kristi and Jonathon Whitehead. Finding no error, we affirm. An opinion would have no precedential value. The parties have been provided with a memor

NEBEKER, Senior Judge: In this consolidated appeal, appellants Allen Butler and Steven D. Lewis appeal from their convictions for the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder while armed (D.C.Code § 22-2403, -4502) and various accompanying weapon convictions. Appellant Tawanda Sheffield also appeals her convictions for two counts of obstruction of justice (D.C.Code § 22-7

I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs the Tulalip Tribes ("Tulalip" or "the Tribes") and the Consolidated Borough of Quil Ceda Village ("Quil Ceda Village," "QCV," or "the Village"), a municipality located on Tulalip tribal land, together with Plaintiff-Intervenor the United States, bring this case challenging the administration and enforcement of certain taxes within Quil Ceda Village by Defendants. Plaintiffs seek a declaration and a

Gordon McCloud, J. ¶45 (dissenting) The Public Records Act (PRA), ch. 42.56 RCW, requires agencies to disclose information to requesters unless an “other statute,” RCW 42.56.070(1), exempts that information from blanket disclosure. The question here is whether the community protection act (CPA), RCW 4.24.550—particularly its provisions governing the disclosure of information about registry-compliant level I sex offenders—constitu