CONTRACT: Purchasers of property not intended 3rd-party beneficiaries of sellers’ credit line, no standing to enforce release of trust deed after providing payoff funds (bank contends that sellers’ oral request [Read more…]
Archives for September 2012
Referendum, LR-123, opinion
REFERENDUM: LR-123 unconstitutional, analysis & rationale following summary decision… Sherlock affirmed. [Read more…]
Marital, out-of-state parent
MARITAL: Wife moving to Boston properly awarded primary custody of children… debt to repair roof of house for sale properly assigned to husband… time rule properly used to divide sheriff’s retirement account [Read more…]
Marital, maintenance
MARITAL: Maintenance properly awarded to wife… Prezeau affirmed (IOR I-3(d)). [Read more…]
Order of protection, mens rea
ORDER OF PROTECTION: Sufficient evidence to support conviction under State’s mens rea instructions, failure to object or propose alternatives not ineffective assistance… 3rd-offense conviction affirmed… McLean affirmed (IOR I-3(d)(v)). [Read more…]
PFMA, forgery charge against victim
PFMA/SENTENCING: Old forgery charge against victim properly excluded… 5 years to DOC properly imposed based on PFO and threat to community… Gustafson affirmed. [Read more…]
Exculpatory evidence, interview recording
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE: Suppression of interviews based on 5-minute discrepancy between unpreserved digital recording metadata and CD copy denied over claim that allegedly missing minutes prevented [Read more…]
DUI, rights to appeal, speedy trial,
DUI: Rights to appeal, speedy & public trial, object to illegal evidence referenced in Knox is dicta, prior DUIs not infirm for failure to advise of those rights, properly used to enhance 4th DUI… Boucher affirmed. [Read more…]
Insurance, anxiety over tax liability
INSURANCE: No duty to defend claim of anxiety over tax liability… Molloy affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
Environment, Ettien Ridge fuels reduction
ENVIRONMENT: Ettien Ridge Fuels Reduction Project properly approved… Molloy affirmed. [Read more…]
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