Upton v. Estate of Upton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• deeming portions of argument abandoned when they were “not supported by specific citation or argument”
• deeming portions of argument abandoned when they were “not supported by specific citation or argument”
• deeming portions of argument abandoned when they were “not supported by specific citation or argument”
• evidence that defendant pushed victim’s legs open as she pretended to be asleep, and that she remained motionless during sexual intercourse because she was scared to move, supported conviction for rape
• where ineffective assistance claim is premised on trial counsel’s failure to present certain evidence, defendant must make a proffer of that evidence and show it would have been favorable to him
• “To show harm, [a party is] required to specifically identify what other evidence or witnesses he would have put forth in his defense if his counsel had been given more time to prepare; speculation and conjecture are not enough.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).