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  1. U.S. v. Womack, 29 M.J. 88 (C.M.A. 1989).

    This United States Court of Military Appeals decision affirms the court martial of an HIV-positive staff sergeant for violating a "safe sex" order and committing forcible sodomy. The Air Force issued the safe sex order after the staff sergeant w ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:51pm

  2. U.S. v. Stewart, 29 M.J. 92 (C.M.A. 1989).

    This United States Court of Military Appeals decision affirms a lower court's convictions of a sergeant of aggravated assault, absence without leave, and failure to repair based on the appellant's guilty pleas based on knowingly exposing a femal ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:27pm

  3. U.S. v. Dumford, 30 M.J. 137 (CMA 1990)

    This is a United States Court of Military Appeals decision that examines the validity of a "safe sex" order. The court determines the order was not overbroad in its application and affirms the lower court's decision to court-martial an HIV- ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 1:53pm

  4. U.S. v. Woods, 28 M.J. 318 (CMA 1989).

    This is a United States Court of Military Appeals decision reversing a trial judge's dismissal of charges against an officer, thus allowing the case to proceed to trial. The HIV-positive officer was charged with knowingly engaging in unprotected sexu ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:53pm

  5. U.S. v Johnson, 30 M.J. 53 (CMA 1990).

    This is a United States Court of Military Appeals decision affirming the key holdings of a United States Air Force Court of Military Review decision that found a military officer guilty of attempted consensual sodomy, consensual sodomy, and assault with a ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:05pm

  6. Steven L. v. Dawn J., 561 N.Y.S.2d 322 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1990)

    This New York court opinion held that HIV-positive status alone is not grounds for a change in custody. Petitioner father sought a modification of an original custody order that had granted the mother full rights. The father's motivation for applying ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  7. State v. Guayante, 783 P.2d 1030 (Or. Ct. App. 1989)

    Guayante was convicted of one count of sexual abuse and two counts each of attempted rape and sodomy of a thirteen-year-old girl. Taking into consideration Guayante's HIV-positive status, the court sentenced him to a total of thirty years in prison. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  8. Scroggins v. State, 401 S.E.2d 13 (Ga. Ct. App. 1990)

    Scroggins was convicted of aggravated assault with intent to murder after he allegedly bit a police officer during an arrest. At a hospital after the encounter, Scroggins told a nurse that he is HIV positive. On appeal, the Georgia Court of Appeals upheld ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  9. Brock v. State, 555 So.2d 285, 288 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989)

    Brock v. State presented a question of first impression to Alabama courts when the Alabama Attorney General prosecuted Adam Brock for attempted murder after the HIV-positive Mr. Brock bit a prison guard in the midst of a scuffle. At the conclusion of the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  10. DeShany v. Winnebago County Dept. of Social Servs., 498 U.S. 189 (1989)

    In 1984, four-year-old Joshua DeShaney became comatose and then profoundly retarded due to traumatic head injuries inflicted by his father, who physically beat him over a long period of time. The Winnebago County Department of Social Services took various ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

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