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Where a defendant sought an order to compel the county clerk to present a bill of costs to the county commission, the defendant had a remedy in a motion to retax costs, and his points on appeal did not properly ...

Tagged with: Court Costs Mandamus Relief Motion to Retax

Where a defendant appealed the trial court’s denial of his motion to retax costs to the state, the judgment is affirmed because the court’s determination as to which party should be taxed costs is part of the judgment itself, so ...

Tagged with: Court Costs Motion to Retax

Where a defendant, who was convicted of charges arising from his alleged sexual abuse of his girlfriend’s child, challenged the exclusion of evidence that the victim’s father was physically abusive to the child, the defendant failed to prove that the ...

Tagged with: Child Sex Abuse exclusion of evidence prior offender

Where the state challenged a judgment expunging respondent’s arrest record, arguing that he was statutorily ineligible for expungement, the expungement of the respondent’s speeding conviction restored him to the status he occupied prior to the conviction as if the conviction ...

Tagged with: Arrest Record Expungement

Where a city clerk challenged trial court orders addressing her failure to disclose records under the state’s sunshine law and imposing a civil penalty and attorneys’ fees to the opposing party, substantial evidence supported the finding that the clerk’s refusal ...

Tagged with: Attorney's fees Sunshine Law

Where appellant challenged the denial of his motion to set aside a default judgment entered against him, the appellant met his burden to show that the summons relied on for service of process had expired and had not been extended, ...

Tagged with: Default Judgment Expired Summons Personal Jurisdiction

Plaintiff appealed from the grant of summary judgment to defendants on plaintiff’s claim for personal injuries arising from a fall that plaintiff suffered when she stepped into and tripped on a hole on property owned by defendants and leased to ...

Tagged with: Knowledge of Dangerous Condition premises liability

The state as intervenor appealed from the denial of its petition to enforce a lien, for deposit into the Tort Victims’ Compensation Fund, that the state purported to have on punitive damages awarded to plaintiff in her wrongful-termination case against ...

Tagged with: Lien on Punitive Damages Retaliation and Constructive Discharge

Where a claimant challenged the denial of his claim for permanent total disability, sufficient competent evidence supported the finding that the work-related accident was not the prevailing factor in causing the claimant’s tinnitus, so the judgment denying the claim is ...

Tagged with: Causation SIF Liability Tinnitus

Where a defendant challenged his conviction in a felony stealing case, the trial court erred in entering a judgment of conviction on the felony stealing count because the evidence at trial was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that ...

Tagged with: Felony Stealing Lesser-Included Offense

Where a defendant challenged his convictions including assault, robbery and attempted escape from custody, the trial court did not lack jurisdiction in the case and the indictment was not invalid, and the judgment is affirmed in part because sufficient evidence ...

Tagged with: Custody Escape Attempt Sufficiency Of Evidence