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Where a defendant, who requested a stay of his sentence to spend the holidays with his family before going to jail for drunk driving, returned to custody later than ordered by the court, in order to be guilty of failure ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law Sufficiency Of Evidence

Where a trial court found a defendant competent to stand trial based on its own observations and in disregard of two experts’ opinions, uncontroverted evidence showed that the defendant was mentally retarded, and the appellate court would reverse the determination ...

Tagged with: Competency Criminal Law

Where a trial court found that an installer of fire protection systems materially breached an agreement with a purchaser allowing the purchaser to terminate the contract and the court discharged the purchaser’s remaining payment obligations and charged the cost of ...

Tagged with: contracts Damages Termination

Where a defendant in a personal injury case claimed the statute of limitations had run and moved for dismissal, the relation-back doctrine did not apply because there was not a mistake in identity, so the claim was barred and the ...

Tagged with: civil practice Statute Of Limitations

Where a trial court entered a default judgment in favor of the state that forfeited the appellant’s interest in real property and ordered sale of the property, a default judgment cannot be directly appealed, and the appellant did not file ...

Tagged with: Appellate Practice Default Judgment Forfeiture

Where a claimant of unemployment benefits failed to file her notice of appeal within 20 days of the date the decision of the commission became final, the notice was untimely and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Rodebaugh ...

Tagged with: Notice Of Appeal timeliness Unemployment Compensation

Where a claimant of unemployment benefits failed to file her notice of appeal within 20 days of the date the decision of the commission became final, the notice was untimely and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Lynn ...

Tagged with: Notice Of Appeal timeliness Unemployment Compensation

Where a claimant of unemployment benefits failed to file his notice of appeal within 20 days of the date the decision of the commission became final, the notice was untimely and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Magee ...

Tagged with: Notice Of Appeal timeliness Unemployment Compensation

Where a claimant of unemployment benefits failed to file his notice of appeal within 20 days of the date the decision of the commission became final, the notice was untimely and the appeal must be dismissed. Appeal is dismissed. Hartley ...

Tagged with: Notice Of Appeal timeliness Unemployment Compensation

Where an unemployment compensation claimant became unemployed because documented medical restrictions prevented him from performing his job, the claimant did not leave work voluntarily, but was instead discharged, and the claimant’s physical inability to do his job did not constitute ...

Tagged with: Discharge disqualification Unemployment Compensation

Where two witnesses for an employer testified that an unemployment compensation claimant was not being terminated at a meeting at which he was told he would not receive a raise, the commission found the employer’s witnesses to be more credible ...

Tagged with: Credibility Determination Discharge disqualification Unemployment Compensation