- Posted November 26, 2018
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK
Court rejects Montana man's rape conviction petition
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the petition of a Montana man to review his conviction for the kidnap and rape of a 4-year-old girl on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
Last week Monday, the nation's high court denied without comment John Lieba Jr.'s request to review his case.
Lieba was sentenced last year to 42 years in prison after authorities said he chased down the young girl at night in a park, raped and strangled her and then left her for dead in an abandoned pickup truck.
Lieba's attorneys turned to the Supreme Court after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected their argument that there wasn't enough evidence to convict him on charges of kidnapping, aggravated rape and assault resulting in serious injury.
Published: Mon, Nov 26, 2018
headlines Oakland County
- Meet the Judges
- Owner of twice-sunken Lake Michigan barge pleads guilty to felony
- Justice Dept. reaches civil settlement with victims abused by Lawrence Nassar
- Oakland County, Oakland Livingston Human Services Agency launch Oakland County Senior Chore Pilot Program
- U.S. Immigration Court judge to be keynote speaker at law school’s Law Day virtual celebration
headlines National
- New Legalese: You may have heard a deepfake, but what about ‘Twiqbal’?
- From Intake to Outcome: An in-house lawyer’s guide to matter management solutions
- 2 BigLaw firms in merger talks that could produce 1,600-lawyer firm with top 50 revenue
- Send in the paralegals
- Lawyer reprimanded after mistakenly emailing opposing counsel with plan to avoid judge’s call
- ‘I don’t play well’ judge who threatened to track down, jail misbehaving litigant gets tossed from case