Author: Wendy Vasquez
Court Upholds 20-Year Sentence For Central Florida Drug Dealer After Fatal Parking Lot Shootout
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for an Orlando man involved in a fatal 2022 parking lot shootout, ruling that drug [...]
Federal Judge Ships Lawsuit Over Salvadoran Mega-Prison Deportation Mistake To Texas Court
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that a civil lawsuit brought against the United States by a Venezuelan national who was mistakenly deporte [...]
Florida Supreme Court Tosses Challenge To Gov. DeSantis Over Delayed Bench Seat
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday turned down a legal request to force Gov. Ron DeSantis to make an appointment to an appellate bench, declaring th [...]
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Illinois Cocaine Convictions Despite Trial Judge’s Evidence Error
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a man caught with over five kilograms of cocaine in Chicago, ruling that while the trial judge m [...]
Legal Advocacy Group Joins Challenge Against Minnesota AI Regulations
The Liberty Justice Center filed an amicus curiae brief yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, asking a federal judge to [...]
Delaware Court Denies Fox News Appeal In California Gov. Gavin Newsom Defamation Suit
The Supreme Court of Delaware has refused an interlocutory appeal from Fox News Network, LLC, allowing California Governor Gavin Newsom’s defamation [...]
Judge Pauses Order Requiring Trump Trust To Turn Over Financial Records To BBC
A federal judge in Florida has halted an order that would have required the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust to turn over financial records to the Bri [...]
Florida Supreme Court Eyed As Execution Date Looms For Wife Killer
The Florida Supreme Court is reviewing appeals following a circuit court's rejection of a motion to stay the execution of death row inmate William Fr [...]
New Jersey Appeals Court Limits Pre-Trial Access To Unfinished Police Misconduct Files
A New Jersey appellate panel ruled Wednesday that county prosecutors do not have to turn over underlying evidence from ongoing internal affairs inves [...]
Florida Appeals Court Rejects Inmate’s Life Sentence Challenge Over Jurisdictional Mistake
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a habeas corpus petition filed by an inmate challenging his life sentence, ruling th [...]