I love it when the courts tackle tough legal questions and give us clear answers. But if ever there was a case for stinky puns, this is it. And it takes 10—count 'em, 10—long pages of astute legal reasoning and incisive dissenting arguments in the...
An officer was parked, positioned to block traffic, alongside a truck stuck under a low railroad crossing. Another driver, Maki Juillerat, came upon the scene and decided to drive his car around both vehicles rather than stop behind them. The officer...
Neighbors alerted an officer to screams coming from Rhonda Schukei's home. The officer heard screaming upon arrival at the front door, so he entered and traced the sounds to an upstairs bedroom. The bedroom door was locked, so the officer kicked it...
On February 12, 1994, Ernest Lee Johnson shot Fred Jones in the face, but the bullet didn't kill him, so Johnson beat Jones to death with a hammer. Johnson then stabbed a woman, Mary Bratcher, 10 times, not fatally, and then proceeded to beat her to...
Two officers were investigating a neighborhood gang shooting in Stafford, Texas. Jay Mazoch drove up to the officers, lowered his car window and asked why the officers were in the neighborhood. Mazoch made several requests for the officers to not be...
Officer Shane Barger was dispatched to a hospital to interview a sexual assault victim. (A physician had already taken photographs of the victim's injuries during a medical examination.) During the interview, Barger instructed the victim to come to...
An officer responded to a disturbance call at a motel where he found five people standing outside a motel room, including Janice Bryner. Learning of an arrest warrant for Bryner, the officer proceeded to arrest her and place her in his patrol car....
Jaime Bauzó-Santiago wrote a note to the judge presiding over his trial for illegal possession of a firearm. The note stated, "I have a situation with my lawyer … he has no interest in my case [and] I do not have good communications with the lawyer...
Richard Jackson was convicted of failure to register as a sex offender. After his prison term, he was released to a halfway house under a court order that required him to obey parole and halfway house rules. The halfway house rules barred residents...
