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Combs jailed after sex trafficking indictment
NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs was headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in his federal sex trafficking case, after a magistrate ordered him to be held without bail […]
Suspect in tech CEO’s killing pleads guilty in separate case
BALTIMORE — A man charged with killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere in September 2023 pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of attempted murder in a separate arson and home […]
Arsonist ordered to pay $298K in abortion clinic attack
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors. […]
Co-conspirator can be “another person” in arson cases
A co-conspirator who lives with another defendant and engages in a plan to commit arson can qualify as “another person” for the purpose of establishing a required element of arson, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled in a […]
Murder, arson convictions upheld in death of Army veteran
A North Carolina court has upheld a man’s first-degree murder and arson convictions in the death of an Army veteran set on fire in a hotel room. The state Court […]
Pants on fire
The other day in Miami, a criminal defense lawyer was starting his closing argument when his trousers began smoking, then burst into flames. He was defending an arson case. Stephen […]
Criminal Practice – Attempted Arson – Prior Bad Acts – Ineffective Assistance Claim – Voluntary Intoxication – Sentencing
State v. Wilson-Angeles (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-052-17, 27 pp.) (Linda McGee, C.J.) Appealed from Iredell County Superior Court (Tanya Wallace, J.) N.C. App. Holding: The similarities between this case and […]
A burning ring of fire
Few things will attract more scrutiny than a suspicious fire that engulfs a lawyer’s office the night before the state bar is scheduled to drop by to perform a random […]
Tort/Negligence — Suit Against Security Company Fails
Antonio v. SSA Security Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0320, 4 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 13-1031, April 3, 2015; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Williams, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In this suit […]
Immigration — Arson Is ‘Aggravated Felony’ for Removal
Espinal-Andrades v. Holder (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0103, 14 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 13-2418, Jan. 22, 2015; On Petition for Review; 4th Cir. Holding: An undocumented alien loses her appeal of […]
Criminal Practice — Burned Duplex Counted as ‘Rental’ Property
U.S. v. White (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-1089, 28 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 13-4949, Nov. 17, 2014; USDC at Charleston, W.Va. (Johnston, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although defendant made some effort […]
More details emerge in burned OBX law office case
Federal agents have wrapped up their investigation into the kamikaze-style attack on a law office in the Outer Banks.
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