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 the defendant’s jury conviction for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree and related charges, addressing challenges to the sufficiency of evidence and trial court rulings.
The Fourth Department affirms a discovery order directing disclosure of certain records in a motor vehicle injury case while declining to extend an IME examination or compel Medicaid billing records.
The Court of Appeals reversed an involuntary dismissal in a property management dispute, holding that the property owner’s testimony alone was sufficient to prove damages and that excluded software reports were admissible as both business records and admissions by a party opponent.
The Arkansas Supreme Court adopts sweeping amendments to Rules 11, 26, 33, 34, and 36, adding a proportionality requirement to discovery scope, banning blanket objections, and creating new certification and privilege-log standards.
The Third Department affirms the defendant’s conviction in a detailed opinion addressing multiple appellate claims regarding evidence, trial proceedings, and constitutional issues.
The First DCA reversed domestic battery by strangulation convictions, holding that an audio recording made by the victim’s minor daughter in the defendant’s home without his consent violated Florida’s wiretap statute (section 934.03) and should have been excluded.
The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed discovery sanctions striking plaintiffs’ experts for failing to disclose local standard-of-care consultants, but reversed summary judgment on causation—holding that foreseeability requires only a general risk of harm, not proof of a specific pharmacokinetic mechanism.
In a published opinion with amicus participation from the Attorney General, the Appellate Division vacates a blanket disclosure order in a LAD sexual harassment case and provides detailed guidance on the Payton framework for workplace investigation privilege, including when waiver applies and its limits.
Delaware Superior Court denies a motion to suppress in a drug case, holding that a Franks challenge to an arrest-warrant affidavit is moot when the defendant was arrested without a warrant before the affidavit was filed.
Delaware Superior Court defers ruling on a medical negligence affidavit of merit and grants 20 days to cure the omission of proximate cause language, reaffirming the minimal standards for affidavits under Delaware law.
Delaware Superior Court denies a hospital’s motion to exclude a decedent’s medical bills, ruling that sponsoring an employee benefit plan does not make the hospital-defendant “connected” to the collateral source under the collateral source rule.
Delaware Superior Court grants summary judgment and dismisses a pro se trespass claim after the plaintiff failed to respond to discovery, attend depositions, or comply with court orders over nearly two years.
Delaware Superior Court orders the State to hand over Intoxilyzer 9000 training slides to a DUI defendant, rejecting the State’s argument that a manufacturer’s copyrights shield the only existing written operating procedures from criminal discovery.
Delaware Superior Court denies a motion to suppress in a DUI case, finding that a driver’s escalating evasive behavior, refusal of sobriety tests, and other indicators gave officers probable cause to arrest and obtain a blood-draw warrant.
Delaware Superior Court excludes unproduced documents from trial and sanctions plaintiff for discovery violations, just days before a commercial case was set to begin.