Court throws out teen’s conviction tied to Snapchat
BESSEMER (AP) — The Michigan appeals court has thrown out the conviction of an Upper Peninsula teenager who used social media to fantasize about killing a boy, his dog and his goldfish.
The messages between four girls were made on Snapchat.
The messages never were sent to the boy and he never read them. The girls believed they were private.
But a Juvenile Court jury in Gogebic County convicted a girl, identified as J.P., of using text messages to terrorize another person.
The appeals court overturned the conviction Tuesday, saying there was no evidence that the teens actually intended to frighten the boy.
Judge Elizabeth Gleicher says teens “sometimes make poor judgments” due to an inability to “foresee the painful consequences of their actions.”
The girls didn’t like the 13-year-old boy and said he was a bully.
No cash, no lawsuit, court tells prisoner
CARSON CITY (AP) — Frivolous lawsuits have caught up with a Michigan prisoner.
Michael Gresham wants to sue Corrections Department employees, claiming they improperly forced him to take antipsychotic medication.
But a federal appeals court says he needs to pay a $400 filing fee.
Prisoners and other poor people can ask that the fee be waived, but the court says Gresham doesn’t qualify because he has “at least eight baseless lawsuits to his name.”
There’s an exception for serious health issues. But the court again says the exception doesn’t fit.
Judge Jeffrey Sutton says Gresham’s chest pains, vomiting, seizures and dizziness are “not the kinds of injuries that can lead to impending death or other severe bodily
harms” while he’s also under medical supervision.
Gresham has been locked up for nearly 20 years.
Top chef upset by loss of third star takes Michelin to court
PARIS (AP) — Chef Marc Veyrat, known for his black chapeau and his mountain cuisine, is taking the Michelin Guide to court to find out why he lost his third star this year — and how the publication that makes, and sometimes breaks, reputations in the world’s prestigious kitchens could allegedly claim he used cheddar cheese in a recipe.
Veyrat has been fuming since La Maison des Bois, in a mountain village in France’s Haute-Savoie region, lost its third star early this year.
Now he’s taking action. A court date is set for Nov. 27.
In a statement, his lawyer, Emmanuel Ravanas, said Veyrat simply wants the “exact reasons” for Michelin’s downgrade.
An indignant Veyrat, who uses only local products, says an inspector confused his emulsion with cheddar cheese “because it was yellow.”
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