Burgos v. State — Postconviction ruling affirmed without written opinion
Case Gratto Burgos v. State of Florida Court Florida Second District Court of Appeal Judge Morris; Black; Guard Date Decided
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Wilson v. State — Florida appeals court upholds conviction and ten-year habitual-offender sentence
Case Brian John Wilson v. State of Florida Court Florida Second District Court of Appeal Judge Silberman, J.; Lucas, C.J.;
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State v. Lotter — Nebraska Supreme Court affirms dismissal of successive postconviction Brady claim
Case State of Nebraska v. John L. Lotter Court Nebraska Supreme Court Judge Funke, C.J.; Cassel, J.; Stacy, J.; Papik,
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Vanu — Court refused to halt removal to New Zealand
Case Stanley Lei Vanu v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Court Federal Court of Australia (Australia) Date Decided 22 October
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Garcia — Delaware Supreme Court dismissed mandamus petition seeking a ruling already made
Case In the Matter of the Petition of Anibal Melendez Garcia for a Writ of Mandamus Court Delaware Supreme Court
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Saavedra v. State — Delaware Supreme Court affirms denial of postconviction relief on the merits
Case Elder Saavedra v. State of Delaware Court Delaware Supreme Court Judge SEITZ, Chief Justice; TRAYNOR, Justice; GRIFFITHS, Justice Date
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Castillo v. State — Successor judges may correct clearly erroneous rulings
The Nevada Supreme Court held that law-of-the-case principles—not jurisdiction—govern a successor judge’s authority to revisit an earlier ruling, and upheld removal of an unlawful plea drop-down.
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Commonwealth v. Holland — Anders counsel must independently search the entire record
The Superior Court ordered new appellate counsel after an Anders filing treated direct appeal like PCRA no-merit review and failed to demonstrate an independent examination of the complete record.
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Commonwealth v. Carwell — Probation cannot be revoked without proof of court-imposed conditions
The Superior Court reversed a probation revocation because the record did not establish the conditions imposed at sentencing, leaving supervision agents without a proven foundation for the alleged violations.
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State v. Prestwich — Guilty plea and prison sentence affirmed
The Utah Court of Appeals upheld a guilty plea and concurrent prison terms, rejecting rule 11, ineffective-assistance, competency, illegal-sentence, and sentencing-discretion challenges.
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State v. Saunders — Plain-view drug seizure survives missing body-camera footage
The Utah Court of Appeals held that credible officer testimony established probable cause for a plain-view drug seizure despite missing body-camera footage and later inconclusive field testing.
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Proshkin and Others v. Russia — detention under Russian law in Crimea was unlawful
Case Case of Proshkin and Others v. Russia Court European Court of Human Rights Date Decided 22 October 2026 Citation
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Handzlík and Šuster — Court finds excessive delays in Slovak criminal proceedings
Case Handzlík and Šuster v. Slovakia Court European Court of Human Rights Date Decided 22 October 2026 Citation ECLI:CE:ECHR:2026:1022JUD002330123 Topics
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Strauss v. Breiner — Supreme Court refused to keep a senior police officer’s identity secret after his criminal investigation was closed
Case Tomer Strauss v. Yehoshua (Josh) Breiner, Police Internal Investigations Department, Jane Doe, and Roi Yanovsky Court Supreme Court of
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Anonymous v. State of Israel — Supreme Court denied leave to challenge pre-indictment detention
Case Anonymous v. State of Israel Court Supreme Court of Israel (Israel) Judge גילה כנפי-שטייניץ (Judicial Selection Committee, chaired by
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Littles v. State — Fourth DCA affirmed denial of postconviction relief
Case Philip Malcolm Littles v. State of Florida Court Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal Judge Ciklin; Levine; Conner Date
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State v. Sherman — Court affirms denial of new trial despite Verizon cell-site reporting error
Case State of Ohio v. Patrick R. Sherman Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate District Judge Jamison; Dorrian; Dingus
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Cleveland v. Guntupalli — sexual-imposition conviction affirmed
Case City of Cleveland v. Siva Sai Krishna Guntupalli Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County Judge Emanuella
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Moore v. State — conviction affirmed
Case Christon Moore v. State of Florida Court Florida Third District Court of Appeal Judge Gordo; Lobree; Gooden Date Decided
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State v. Algee — Ohio appellate court upholds shooting convictions and 25-to-30.5-year sentence
Case State of Ohio v. Eric Algee Court Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District, Cuyahoga County Judge Sean
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State v. Burton — Ohio appeals court vacates unlawful three-year license suspension but upholds plea and prison sentence
Case State of Ohio v. Michael Burton Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County Judge Deena R. Calabrese
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State v. Dejournett — Reversed OVI conviction because prosecutor’s race-neutral reasons for juror strike were pretextual
Case State of Ohio v. Earl Dejournett Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District, Cuyahoga County Judge Anita Laster
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State v. Diggs — Ohio appeals court affirms murder and related convictions
Case State of Ohio v. Jerome Diggs Court Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County Judge Sean C. Gallagher,
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State v. Gill — Ohio appeals court affirms aggravated-robbery and robbery convictions
Case State of Ohio v. Julius Gill Court Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District, Cuyahoga County Judge Michael