The trial court properly denied defendant a self defense instruction for shooting a police officer during what he claimed was an illegal entry into his home where he also denied even shooting the officer. People v. Pandolfi, 2014 IL App (1st) 113783, 2014 Ill. App. LEXIS 244 (April 14, 2014) [shown to be unpublished since posted here].<\/p>\n
Plaintiff Louisiana prison inmate stated a claim for unjustified strip and body cavity searches, and dismissal of his case is reversed. Gipson v. Wilkinson<\/a>, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 7005 (5th Cir. April 15, 2014).*<\/p>\n The search of this truck was by consent. The only issue on appeal is whether the state presented sufficient evidence to connect the passenger to drugs hidden in compartments on the truck when there was one fingerprint in the compartments that matched neither. There wasn\u2019t in this case, and the conviction is reversed and dismissed. State v. Velazquez-Perez<\/a>, 2014 N.C. App. LEXIS 365 (April 15, 2014).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The trial court properly denied defendant a self defense instruction for shooting a police officer during what he claimed was an illegal entry into his home where he also denied even shooting the officer. People v. Pandolfi, 2014 IL App … Continue reading