Where an immigrant from India who sought asylum refused to cooperate with the Indian police investigation of his kidnapping but the police continued to investigate and made several arrests, the immigrant could not show that the government was unable or ...

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Where plaintiffs’ service station and personal property were damaged by a fire that started next door in defendant’s mobile home, there was no evidence of the fire’s cause or of any specific act of negligence on the defendant’s part that ...

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Where the state showed that a defendant in an involuntary manslaughter case drove on the wrong side of the road and was intoxicated, the evidence was sufficient to show that the defendant was criminally negligent to support the conviction, and ...

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Methamphetamine; evidence   07-3874 United States of America, Appellee, v. Corey Lorent Molsbarger, Appellant Appeal From: U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota Submitted: Nov. 12, 2008 Filed: Jan. 6, 2009 Before: Judges Wollman, Beam and Benton Opinion ...

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Evidence; hearsay ED90801 State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Scott Mclaughlin, Appellant Appeal From: Lincoln County Circuit Court, Judge David H. Ash Handdown Date: 12/30/2008 Opinion Author: Judge Patricia L. Cohen Opinion Vote: Judges Odenwald and Norton concur   Introduction Scott ...

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Maintenance Reasonable Need Evidence Where a wife in a dissolution did not provide evidence of her monthly expenses or of the cost of acquiring health insurance or vocational training, the award of $300 monthly maintenance was an abuse of discretion ...

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Bankruptcy Fraud Intent Evidence   Where statements from a bankruptcy court were admitted in defendants’ trial on bankruptcy fraud and money laundering charges, the statements were warnings to avoid concealing estate property and were properly admitted as probative of the ...

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