Business valuation, equitable distribution

Workers' Compensation, findings of fact, conclusions of law, Parsons presumption.

worker's compensation; implied contract of employment; right to control employee; joint employment

workers' compensation; arising out of; in the course of; slip and fall; laundry; Industrial Commission; traveling employee; writ of certiorari; abuse of discretion; Workers' Compensation Act; increased risk; personal errand; exclusion of evidence; prejudice; cross-appeal; causal link; scope of employment

Tort claims act - motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6); judicial immunity; gatekeeping order

Wrongful discharge based on public policy of reporting adultery; libel claims against co-workers; tortious interference with contract; summary judgment procedure

Judgment on the Pleadings, Protective Covenants, Amendments and Variances, Revocation

Indecent liberties, multiple victims, factual basis for guilty plea, Satellite Based Monitoring, certiorari, preserved errors, assistance of counsel, civil judgment.

Evidence, Jury Instruction, Lesser-Included Offense

illustrative evidence; introduction of mug-shot photos not error, much less plain error; ineffective assistance of counsel; required showing of prejudice not met on IAC claim; required notice and opportunity to be heard on issue of attorney's fees not provided

Second degree murder; trial court refusal to instruct on self-defense; reasonableness in the mind of a person of ordinary firmness

First-degree murder, murder of an unborn child, motion to sever, prejudicial admission of evidence, jury instructions, motion to dismiss for insufficient evidence

Second-degree rape; second-degree sexual offense; motion to dismiss; evidence of physical or constructive force

Sentencing, Prejudicial Error

attorney's failure to move to dismiss charge of conspiracy to commit murder was not prejudicial because there was sufficient evidence to support the charge; testimonial evidence was not hearsay and thus the trial court did not err in allowing the testimony into evidence; plain error in delivery of jury instruction on charge of conspiracy to commit murder when the indictment, evidence, and jury instruction were not in accord

Revocation of probation - absconding from supervision; right to confrontation

Jury instructions; Prejudice

discovery compliance; no sanctions; sufficient evidence of maintaining a vehicle to keep or sell controlled substances

Criminal procedure; notice of appeal from district court to superior court; statutory interpretation; meaning of compliance with the judgment

assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, Harrison inquiry, ineffective assistance of counsel