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  • People v. Brown

    11 Cal. 3d 784 · California Supreme Court · Jun 21, 1974

    A jury found Bedford Alvis Brown guilty of one count of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207), 1 one count of battery (§ 242), one count of petty theft (§§ 484, 488) and two counts of trespassing (§ 602, subd. (/)). … (People v. Stanworth, supra, ante, 588, 601.) Where the movements of the victim are slight or insubstantial as they were in People v.

    Overruled by People v. Martinez, 20 Cal. 4th 225 (1999)Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    11 Fla. L. Weekly 208 · Supreme Court of Florida · May 8, 1986

    BROWN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. No. 66921. Supreme Court of Florida. May 8, 1986. Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Larry G. Bryant, Asst. … Brown v. State, 464 So.2d 193 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    856 S.W.2d 177 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Jun 23, 1993

    Gerry La-Keith Brown, appellant, was charged by indictment with murder, alleged to have been committed on November 29, 1988. … In Mincey v.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    54 Ill. 2d 21 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 20, 1973

    JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court: The defendant, Charles Steven Brown, was indicted for the murder of three-year-old Roderick Jackson, the son of Thelma Jackson, with whom the defendant was living. … (People v. Brown (1967), 83 Ill. App. 2d 411 .) Thereafter the defendant filed a post-conviction petition, which was dismissed upon motion, and the defendant now appeals from that judgment.

    Cited 47 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    444 Pa. 318 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 12, 1971

    manifested an intention upon his part, not merely to persuade and induce her to accede to his expressed desire to have intercourse with her, but also, in the event of her refusal, to overcome her resistance.’ ” Commonwealth v. … We believe, under > the circumstances of this case, that the court had every i*ight to trust the jury. - As the Supreme Court said in Bruton v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Bowman v. Brown

    52 Iowa 437 · Supreme Court of Iowa · Dec 5, 1879

    The defendant Brown in his answer admitted the receipt by him of the identical sums of money which he is charged with appropriating to his own use in the petition, but he alleged that he accounted therefor and paid the same … Moffatt et al v. Fisher, 47 Iowa, 473 .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Peck

    2 Wis. 261 · Wisconsin Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1853

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Robinson v. Brown

    82 Ill. 279 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1876

    Brown against John S. Eubanks, William G. Sloan, Moses P. McGehee and Jo Bobinson, to the Hovember term, 1874, of said court. The defendants were all served except Eubanks. … Cook v. Wood, 24 Ill. 295 .

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    917 N.W.2d 382 · Michigan Supreme Court · Sep 12, 2018

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Irwin v. Brown

    3 Shan. Cas. 309 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Sep 15, 1889

    Stuart v. Clark, 2 Swan, 9 . … [M. & V.] Code, secs. 1439, 1524 [Shannon’s Code, secs. 1721, 1819]. If capacity to float a log ivas the criterion of navigability, perhaps no stream in the state could be dammed.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    42 A.3d 1239 · Supreme Court of Rhode Island · May 10, 2012

    This case came before the Supreme Court on April 3, 2012, on appeal from a Superior Court judgment of conviction after a jury verdict finding the defendant, Kayborn Brown (defendant or Brown), guilty of first-degree robbery … See State v. Shelton, 990 A.2d 191, 202 (R.I.2010) (citing State v. Tempest, 651 A.2d 1198, 1216 (R.I.1995)).

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Hayes

    92 Wash. 300 · Washington Supreme Court · Jul 28, 1916

    Brown v. Cairns, 107 Iowa 727 , 77 N. W. 478 . … Sessinghaus v. Knocke, 127 Mo. App. 300 , 105 S. W. 283 ; Leggett v. Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co., 121 Mo. App. 70 , 97 S. W. 976 ; Stewart v. Sprague, 71 Mich. 50 , 38 N. W. 673 ; Hays v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    496 So. 2d 261 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Oct 20, 1986

    Barely nine weeks after the letters appeared in the local newspaper, the voir dire for the trial of Bryan Brown began. In State v. … State v. Wilson, 467 So.2d 503 (La.1985); State v. Felde, 382 So.2d 1384 (La.1980); State v. Sonnier, 379 So.2d 1336 (La.1979).

    Cited 71 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Avery

    850 P.2d 612 · Wyoming Supreme Court · Apr 9, 1993

    Allmaras v. Mudge, 820 P.2d 533 (Wyo.1991); DeWald v. State, 719 P.2d 643 (Wyo.1986). … Matter of Adoption of BBC, 831 P.2d 197 (Wyo.1992); State Farm v. Wyoming Ins. Dep't., 793 P.2d 1008 (Wyo.1990); Burg v. Ruby Drilling Co., Inc., 783 P.2d 144 (Wyo.1989); Clouser v.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Caldwell v. Brown

    43 Tex. 216 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1875

    (Phelps v. Brackett, 24 Tex., 236 .) … (Robbins v. Kimble, 2 Tex., 257 ; Henderson v. Trimble, 8 Tex., 174 ; Moore v. Hardison, 10 Tex., 467 ; Baldwin v. Dearborn, 21 Tex., 447 ; St. Clair v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    179 Vt. 22 · Supreme Court of Vermont · Aug 26, 2005

    See Washington v. … Brown aimed car toward cruiser? In other words — is ‘aiming’ a part of the third element of the third count.”

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Zimmerman v. Brown

    30 Idaho 640 · Idaho Supreme Court · Jul 12, 1917

    A. 1916D, 739; Campbell v. Hunt, 60 Pa. Super. 332 ; Brownell v. Freese, 35 N. J. L. 285, 10 Am. Rep. 239 ; Baxter v. Beckwith, 25 Colo. App. 322 , 137 Pac. 901 ; Dickinson v. Edwards, 77 N. Y. 573 , 33 Am. … Rep. 671 ; Brown v. Gates, 120 Wis. 349 , 1 Ann. Cas. 85, 97 N. W. 221 , 98 N. W. 205 ; British & American Mtg. Co. v. Bates, 58 S. C. 551, 36 S. E. 917 ; Crawford v. Seattle R. & S. R.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Rea

    150 Cal. 171 · California Supreme Court · Jan 7, 1907

    (Aram v. Schallenberger, 41 Cal. 449 ; Bigley v. Nunan, 53 Cal. 403 ; Hogan v. Central Pacific R. R. Co., 71 Cal. 87 , [ 11 Pac. 876 ].) … Some of the cases illustrating this rule are Payne v. McKinley, 54 Cal. 532 ; Dunn v. City of Austin, 11 S. W. (Tex.) 1125; Bowen v. Mauzy, 117 Ind. 258 , [ 19 N. E. 526 ]; Begein v. Anderson, 28 Ind. 79 ; Kingsbury v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Morehead v. . Brown

    51 N.C. 367 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1859

    Eason ubi supra; Hutton v. … Rep. 332 ; State v. Rash, 12 Ire. Rep. 382; State v. Weaver, 13 Ire. Rep. 491; State v. Noblett, 2 Jones’ Rep. 418.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Coolidge v. Brown

    286 Mass. 504 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · May 26, 1934

    Chippendale v. North Adams Savings Bank, 222 Mass. 499, 502 . Jones v. Old Colony Trust Co. 251 Mass. 309, 312 . Stone v. Hackett, 12 Gray, 227 . Davis v. Ney, 125 Mass. 590 . … Johnson v. Nourse, 258 Mass. 417 . It follows upon the reported facts that the transfer of the bank account so that it stood in the name of “Earle Brown, Conservator to Mary L. Hastings” (the name of Roland E.

    Cited 24 timesPublished

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