CA appeals court affirms sentence in stove death
Criminal Law
A state appellate court has affirmed a first-degree murder verdict against a man who caused a fatal crash in Anaheim five years ago when a stolen stove fell from his truck.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently affirmed the conviction and sided with an Orange County judge that Cole Wilkins should be sentenced to 26 years to life. Wilkins had been convicted of first-degree murder. The decision was reported in the Orange County Register on Monday.
Prosecutors say Wilkins was hauling a stove he had stolen from a construction site, meaning the July 2006 death occurred while he was committing a felony.
Off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy David Stan Piquette tried to avoid the appliance, hit a truck and was crushed by a trailer full of cement.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.