Court affirmed conviction of child sexual abuse where circumstantial evidence of identity, computer evidence, and victim testimony were sufficient despite defendant's exclusion of psychological profile testimony.
Pension fund lost investment to manager fraud; court affirmed dismissal for lack of jurisdiction over auditor and failure to allege proximate cause against administrator.
Defendant convicted of animal cruelty after shooting neighbor's dog with pellet gun. Appeals Court affirmed, holding that unnecessary pain inflicted through intentional acts constitutes cruelty regardless of defendant's stated purpose.
Affirmed mother's unfitness determination based on deplorable home conditions, refusal to cooperate with child services, and poor judgment regarding child's welfare and needs.
Parental privilege defense fails where repeated forceful strikes to a child were unreasonable and not for safeguarding welfare.
Murder conviction affirmed where defendant stabbed his wife thirteen times upon learning he was not the biological father of her newborn child. Court upholds autopsy photographs, statements, and jury instructions.
Vacated forfeiture of right to counsel at probation revocation hearing where defendant's conduct did not involve threats of violence and procedural protections for hearing were inadequate.
Defendant convicted of child abuse based on shaken baby syndrome diagnosis reversed where trial counsel failed to retain expert to testify that accidental short falls could cause severe head injuries.
Expert testimony regarding drug distribution intent does not require trial objection when pretrial motion in limine objection was only to expert qualification, not substance.
Defendant's failure to move to strike substitute analyst's improper weight testimony, though he opposed the analyst's testimony via motion in limine, did not preserve appellate rights. Affirmed.
