Joint Drug Acquisition Does Not Negate Delivery Under Pennsylvania’s Drug-Delivery-Resulting-in-Death Statute Actual Transfer, Constructive Delivery, and the Limits of Judicial Policymaking Supreme...
Procedural Dispositions Without a New Substantive Rule: Ohio’s October 13, 2026 Case Announcements Court: Supreme Court of Ohio Document: 10/13/2026 Case Announcements Citation: 2026-Ohio-3977 Date:...
Double Jeopardy Does Not Automatically Attach to an Accepted Guilty Plea on an Unlawful Charging Instrument Case: State v. Thoen, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-3976 Court: Supreme Court of Ohio Decided:...
Right-of-Way Fencing Does Not Defeat Open-Range Highway Immunity Livestock collisions, public highway duties, and procedurally defective reconsideration motions Ludwig v. Howard, ITD Supreme Court of...
Nevada Upholds Machine-Gun Bans but Bars Dual Possession Convictions for the Same Auto-Sear-Modified Firearm Case: ARMSTRONG (STEVEN) v. STATE (CRIMINAL) Citation: 142 Nev., Advance Opinion 63 Court:...
Prior Primary Nomination for Another Office Does Not Bar Selection for an Unexpired Term Under R.C. 3513.31(I) Case: State ex rel. Derrig v. LaRose, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-3989 Court: Supreme...
Out-of-Jurisdiction Custody Earns Sentence Credit Only When the Defendant Is Also Detained Under the Sentencing Court’s Authority Case: State v. E. Fowler, 2026 MT 245, No. DA 25-0410 Court: Supreme...
Georgia Lawyer Discipline: Reinstatement Conditions May Be Revised Without Remand, but Regular Practice Monitoring Is Unauthorized Case: In the Matter of Robert David Arkin, No. S26Y1361 Court:...
Parental-Health Dependency Findings Require Medical Verification of the Condition and Its Duration or Nature, but No Particular Form of Evidence Case: In the Interest of D. H. et al., Children, No....
Unmade Objections to Expert Testimony: Objective Deficiency and Prejudice Remain Essential to Habeas Relief Case: FORT, WARDEN v. VEGA Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Docket: S26A1000 Decided:...
DORSEY v. State: Flight Admissions May Be Intrinsic Evidence Despite an Apparent County Mismatch Supreme Court of Georgia · No. S26A0733 · October 14, 2026 1. Introduction In DORSEY v. State, the...
Unanimous Predicate-Felony Convictions Defeat Plain-Error Challenge to General Knife-Possession Verdict Case: ALCARAZ v. State, No. S26A0874 Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: October 14, 2026...
Alford Felony Pleas Can Warrant Disbarment, but Maintaining Innocence Is Not Automatically Aggravating Case: In the Matter of William Taylor Payne Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Case number:...
Documented Mental-Health Mitigation Can Support Retroactive Suspension Despite Defective Client Withdrawal Case: In the Matter of Jeffrey Jackson, No. S26Y1385 Court: Supreme Court of Georgia...
Other-Acts Evidence: Affirmative Waiver and Harmless Error Limit Appellate Relief Case: BROWN v. State Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Decision: October 14, 2026 Docket: S26A1299 Opinion: Chief...
Untimely Out-of-Time Appeal Motions and Mootness: The Sims Certiorari Dissent Case: SIMS v. State, No. S26C1307 Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Date: October 14, 2026 Disposition: Petition for...
Failure of Self-Authentication Alone Does Not Make an Evidence Ruling Appealable by the State Case: State v. COOK, No. S26A0898 Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: October 14, 2026 Opinion:...
Surrogate Ballistics Evidence: No Plain-Error Relief Without Prejudice and No Double Counting of Harm Case: OWENS v. State, No. S26A0817 Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: October 14, 2026...
Voluntary Manslaughter Requires Adequate Provocation, Not Mere Proximity to a Threat Against Another Case: DARBY v. State, No. S26A0892 Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Decision: October 14, 2026...
Harmless Other-Acts Evidence and the Limits of Rule 609 Impeachment When a Victim’s Statements Are Not Admitted Case: WALKER v. State, No. S26A0937 Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: October...