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Defendant appealed from the judgment entered for plaintiff in her employment disability discrimination suit under the MHRA. On appeal, defendant challenged the sufficiency of evidence that plaintiff suffered from a disability or that she was discriminated against under the MHRA ...

Tagged with: disability discrimination Evidence of Disability

Where a defendant challenged the denial of post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing, the motion court did not err in denying the claim that his guilty plea lacked sufficient factual basis because the state’s recitation of the facts and the ...

Tagged with: effectiveness of counsel Guilty Plea Post-Conviction Relief

Defendant appealed from his conviction for murder and related offenses. On appeal, defendant challenged the sufficiency of evidence, argued that the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to life without parole where he presented evidence of his underdeveloped ...

Tagged with: Failure to Challenge Sufficiency of Evidence murder

Where appellant challenged the grant of a full order of protection for a minor child, the evidence was insufficient to support the order based on stalking because the child’s guardian failed to present evidence of physical harm or the threat ...

Tagged with: Order Of Protection Stalking Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where a car buyer challenged the grant of summary judgment to its insurer on the buyer’s claim brought under the false-pretense coverage clause of its policy, the trial court properly found that the claim was not covered because the buyer, ...

Tagged with: False-Pretense Coverage ‘Acquired’ Vehicle

Where a defendant challenged the dismissal of her post-conviction motion, the motion court properly dismissed the motion without prejudice because the defendant lacked standing to file the motion because she had received a suspended imposition of sentence, was on probation ...

Tagged with: Post-Conviction Relief Standing Suspended Imposition Of Sentence

Where a defendant challenged the denial of post-conviction relief without an evidentiary hearing, the motion court did not err in denying the claim that his guilty plea lacked sufficient factual basis because the state’s recitation of the facts and the ...

Tagged with: effectiveness of counsel Guilty Plea Post-Conviction Relief

Where appellant challenged the grant of a full order of protection for a minor child, the evidence was insufficient to support the order based on stalking because the child’s guardian failed to present evidence of physical harm or the threat ...

Tagged with: Order Of Protection Stalking Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where a plaintiff challenged a judgment following a jury verdict for the defendant doctor in her medical malpractice case, the trial court did not err in admitting medical expert testimony that met sufficient reliability criteria, and the judgment is affirmed ...

Tagged with: expert witness medical malpractice tort reform

Where a defendant, who fired one shot at a vehicle containing three passengers, argued that the evidence did not show that he intended to cause harm to all three passengers, the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions for three ...

Tagged with: Assault Sufficiency Of Evidence

Defendant appealed his conviction for first-degree assault and armed criminal action. On appeal, defendant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence and argued that the trial court erred in ruling that defendant’s peremptory strikes of two male jurors was pretextual and ...

Tagged with: Gender-Biased Peremptory Strikes