DDS violated its own regulations requiring guardian participation in placement decisions by refusing to reschedule a critical meeting and proceeding without the guardian present.
Civil commitment of sexually dangerous person upheld where menacing noncontact sexual offenses would reasonably cause victims to fear contact sexual assault.
Shareholders in close corporation satisfied fiduciary duties by complying with contractual stock transfer restrictions in articles of organization; no duty to preserve S corporation status or reoffer shares to corporation.
Speedy trial right attaches upon issuance of criminal complaint. When charges are dismissed and reinstated, delay clock resumes rather than resets. Over ten years of delay did not violate speedy trial right under Barker analysis.
Zoning board properly reversed building inspector's cease-and-desist order where variance decision lacked express time requirement for demolition, even though board contemplated eventual full demolition.
Elderly father's guardianship and conservatorship proceeding. Daughter's petition for supervisory review denied where adequate alternative remedies existed in trial and appellate courts.
Self-represented defendant's petition for new trial languished unresolved in trial court for two years. Appellate court affirmed denial of relief but ordered investigation into delay.
Defendant convicted of affray after participating in group assault on police officer in public park. Court affirmed, holding sufficient evidence of coordinated fighting and terror to lawfully present persons.
Murder and robbery conviction from 1964 upheld; defendant's motion for new trial denied where counsel was not ineffective for failing to pursue direct appeal.
Court reporter's backup audio recording of trial not a judicial document subject to First Amendment or common-law public access rights where official transcript available.
