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  George Rivas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rivas alleguedly is a career criminal who is currently sitting on the Texas death row.
Rivas was dreaming of being a police officer in high school, but his lust for money and guns helped shape him into a criminal.
Rivas was nabbed at a trailer park in Colorado on January 23 inside a Jeep Cherokee, with Joseph Garcia and.
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/George_Rivas   (450 words)

  
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www.state.il.us /court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/1998/2ndDistrict/March/WP/2970545.doc   (2592 words)

  
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Rivas stated that he and his wife went to the house to make sure that there were not any other issues with the house before the drywall was installed.
Rivas added that she shouted at her husband to stop because, although she did not know how heavy the drywall was, she thought it was a possibly dangerous situation.
Rivas did not state that he failed to discover the drywall, forgot about the drywall while he was looking at the window, or that he inadvertently bumped into it, which caused it to tip over.
www.state.il.us /court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/1998/2ndDistrict/March/HTML/2970545.txt   (2374 words)

  
 Jose Navarro vs. Adonis Rivas (August 21, 2003)
Rivas rallied in the second half of the bout and rocked Navarro several times but he was unable follow up with meaningful combinations despite landing occasional heavy artillery.
Rivas began putting some of his shots together in the 6th, and with 56-seconds remaining in the round; he stunned Navarro with a sharp combination to the head.
Throughout the night Rivas demonstrated he was a tough hombre but it was to no avail as Navarro continued to land with straighter and cleaner punches that had a greater impact on the officials scoring the bout.
www.boxingtimes.com /analyses/2003/030821navarro_rivas.html   (710 words)

  
 ILW.COM - US v. Rivas-Palacios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rivas was then assigned a 16 level increase pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(2) based on his prior Texas conviction for unlawful possession of a short-barreled shotgun, categorized in the PSR as an aggravated felony.
Rivas filed one objection to the PSR, arguing that his prior Texas conviction for possession of a short-barreled firearm was not an "aggravated felony".
The Government argues that Rivas' Texas offense should be construed as a "crime of violence" under part b of the above statute because the mere possession of an unregistered firearm such as a sawed-off shotgun creates a "substantial risk" of "physical force against the person or property of another".
www.ilw.com /lawyers/immigdaily/cases/2001,0314-Rivas.shtm   (759 words)

  
 Guillermo Rivas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guillermo Rivas (December 25, 1927 - March 19, 2004) was a popular comedian best known as 'El Borras'.
Rivas appeared in numerous films of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, generally comedies, but he was also capable of playing dramatic roles.
Guillermo Rivas died of complications from hepatitis and pneumonia in Mexico City at the age of 76.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guillermo_Rivas   (155 words)

  
 Latinos & WWII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rivas, and his twin brother, Salvador, were born in El Paso in 1925 as the second-to-the-oldest children in their family.
Rivas was shipped to New Caledonia where he was placed in the 39 Replacement Battalion of the 1st Marine Division.
Rivas met Laura Garcia at a dance hall in 1947; the two were married two years later.
www.utexas.edu /projects/latinoarchives/narratives/06Rivas_Manny.html   (951 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Rivas (Nicaragua Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
It is on the Isthmus of Rivas, a narrow land strip between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean.
Rivas is the commercial center of a region which produces grains, coffee, cacao, and tobacco; livestock is raised.
Rivas lies on the Pan-American Highway and is strategically located near the route of the proposed Nicaragua Canal.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Rivas.html   (189 words)

  
 Rivas given death penalty - The Battalion - State/Local   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
DALLAS (AP) — George Rivas, the ringleader of the biggest prison escape in Texas history was sentenced to death Wednesday for killing a policeman, hours after he asked to be executed because he did not want to live like an animal in prison.
Rivas becomes the first of the South Texas prison escapees to be tried and sentenced for capital murder in the shooting death of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins.
Rivas said in his written statement that he shot Hawkins because he thought the officer was reaching for his service revolver.
www.thebatt.com /news/2001/08/30/Statelocal/Rivas.Given.Death.Penalty-471448.shtml   (1015 words)

  
 CBS News | Rivas Talks About Weeks Of Freedom | February 4, 2001 22:00:30
Rivas, who is being held at the Teller County Jail in Divide, Colorado, says that he decided that prison life was not for him.
Rivas, pretending to be a supervisor, called the tower and told the guard that a maintenance worker needed to come by to install new surveillance cameras.
Rivas and two other inmates quickly grabbed fifteen rifles and handguns from the guard tower, ran downstairs, threw them into the pickup truck and jumped in.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2001/02/02/60minutes/main269240.shtml   (892 words)

  
 Michigan kicker Rivas puts strength over size - 11/12/04
Rivas, a sophomore from Tampa, Fla., likes that he isn't in the mold of the lithe kickers who dominate the sport.
Rivas, who became Michigan's starting kicker last year, handling most field-goal and all extra-point attempts -- he missed one of 51 extra-point tries -- goes through the same weightlifting program as the rest of the team.
Rivas worked with former Michigan kicker Jay Feely, also a Tampa native and a member of the Atlanta Falcons, while he was in high school.
www.detnews.com /2004/college/0411/12/d04-2255.htm   (884 words)

  
 Rivas v. Safety-Kleen Corporation
Rivas claimed to have suffered severe damage to his kidneys, leading to a kidney transplant, as a result of exposure to toxic chemicals during his employment with Lakenor Auto & Truck Salvage Company.
Rivas was referred to two kidney specialists who diagnosed him with renal disease, "etiology undetermined." Over the next several years, Rivas' s kidney condition deteriorated as he sought various forms of treatment including two years of dialysis.
Rivas seeks to construct from this language a rule precluding accrual of the statute of limitations until the injured party has been explicitly informed by his doctors that a certain substance or product caused the medical disorder or has had an opportunity to personally review medical records specifying the cause of the disorder.
www.law.com /regionals/ca/opinions/may/b133572.shtml   (7158 words)

  
 NOTEBOOK: Rivas' kicks point out U-M failure
Rivas was happy to do what he could to help his team, but he said he wishes it were under different circumstances.
Rivas is coming off an impressive freshman season in which he made nine of 12 field goal attempts.
Rivas, who said he has hit a 55-yarder in practice, hopes his year of experience will help him this season.
www.freep.com /sports/umich/um17e_20040917.htm   (551 words)

  
 Rivas: Most in group wanted to leave crime life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rivas was captured Monday in Woodland Park, Colo., along with three other escapees from the Connally Unit near Kenedy in South Texas.
Rivas said he then fired three times and believes those were the shots that killed Hawkins.
Lori Hawkins, the slain officer's widow, said Rivas was attempting to sway the public and to gain sympathy with his remorseful tone.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2001-01-25-rivas.htm   (553 words)

  
 Female relative testifies Rivas sexually abused her for years - The Daily Texan - State & Local
Rivas faces a sentence of lethal injection or life in prison for killing Aubrey Hawkins, an Irving police officer who was shot 11 times and run over when responding to the Christmas Eve robbery of an Oshman's Sporting Goods store.
Rivas is the admitted leader of the group of seven inmates that led authorities on a six-week manhunt after escaping from the Connally Unit near Kenedy.
Rivas' methods in those robberies are similar to those in the Irving holdup.
www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2001/08/24/StateLocal/Female.Relative.Testifies.Rivas.Sexually.Abused.Her.For.Years-492215.shtml   (793 words)

  
 Santa Monica Mirror: Great Hikes: Finding Rivas
Rivas Canyon is one of the Westside’s most intriguing treks: a winding trail of deep canyon flora leading up to a narrow ridge path with rocky outcroppings and unique views of the voluptuous Santa Monica Mountains.
In another 15 minutes the expanse of Rivas Canyon is exposed — along with a beautifully groomed descending trail.
While Rivas serves as a buffer between Temescal and Will Rogers, if you go left at the Temescal-Rivas junction, the Rivas trail really comes to life with its own distinctive geology and canyon perspectives.
www.smmirror.com /volume5/issue42/finding_rivas.asp   (328 words)

  
 Joe Rivas
While visiting his family in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, Joe Gustavo Rivas, 49, fell ill and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died of cirrhosis of the liver.
Rivas was known to pay league fees for boys who couldn't afford them.
Whereas before, drunks who were picked up by the police spent the night in jail, they now spend the night at the sobering station, where their visit ends with counseling, clean clothes, a hot meal and referrals.
www.svcn.com /archives/wgresident/09.30.98/JoeRivas.html   (724 words)

  
 Montgomery County News, Rivas, George   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rivas said that his capture was a relief because of Hawkins' death and that he would not fight extradition to Texas.
Rivas, who said he organized the Dec. 13 escape of seven men from a Texas prison, said he hopes that his death will bring some solace to Hawkins' mother.
Hawkins had raised his hands, palms out toward Rivas, when Rivas was struck by a bullet in the left side of his abdomen.
www.montgomerycountynews.net /Rivasescappee.htm   (551 words)

  
 El Pinolero's Website - Cities - Rivas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of the reasons I like Rivas so much, is the fact that after visiting virgin beaches and enjoy the big waves, one can go remove all the salt and sand from the body in not only any freshwater lake, but the immense Lake Cocibolca, without having to travel great distances.
Like I said before, one of the things that I like about Rivas is that it provides the big waves of the ocean and the calm and freshwaters of the great Lake Cocibolca.
Rivas can become one of the top 3 wealthiest provinces in the country thanks to its natural resources making it great for tourism, but also for a possible, possible construction of a "Dry Canal" across the country.
ni.irias.biz /Cities/Rivas.html   (980 words)

  
 Catia Rivas pious fraud, stigmatic channeler
Catalina Rivas is almost certainly a pious fraud.
Rivas has credibility in part because she has the approval of her bishop, René Fernández Apaza, who has given his imprimatur to her "messages." He has also given his blessing to a bleeding, weeping statue, claiming it is worthy of veneration.
Rivas also has the support of Dr. Ricardo Castañón Gómez of La Paz, Bolivia, who is known as a former atheist and one with a keen eye for pious frauds.
skepdic.com /rivas.html   (1213 words)

  
 Tennessee Alumnus
Rivas was to receive the Ph.D. in life sciences from UT in May, seven years after launching an unprecedented intimate field study of the anaconda’s life secrets.
Rivas plans to publish a scientific book based on his dissertation and write a nontechnical work about anacondas and his experiences studying them.
Rivas said the plan includes a tourist lodge to produce money for a research station and to educate both foreigners and locals about the region’s unique wetland ecosystem.
pr.tennessee.edu /alumnus/alumarticle.asp?id=132   (1212 words)

  
 Rivas, Ángel de Saavedra, duque de on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rivas, Ángel de Saavedra, duque de on Encyclopedia.com
A liberal, Rivas was condemned to death and fled in 1823 to England.
In literature Rivas was the champion of Spanish romanticism.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/R/Rivas-A1n.asp   (195 words)

  
 Twins option Rivas to minors - Boston.com - Baseball - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Once thought of as the Twins second baseman of the future, Rivas has yet to develop into the type of consistent hitter that the team could build the infield around.
With utility player Michael Cuddyer set to return from a rehabilitation assignment on Sunday, the team had to send somebody down, and Rivas was the odd man out after the team traded for second baseman Bret Boone during the All Star break.
Rivas appeared to be coming around just before the break.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2005/07/16/twins_option_rivas_to_minors   (266 words)

  
 Rivas, Nicaragua
Rivas, the capital city, is located midway on the isthmus at Km 111 on the Pan-American highway.
The agriculture in Rivas is mainly plantains, sugar cane, rice, and grenadine.
Rivas has yet to get a supermarket, but there are a few mini-supers where one can find almost everything one may need.
www.amigosdenicaragua.org /rivas.htm   (1018 words)

  
 The Seeker Speaks with Frank Rivas
Rivas revealed that, as a youngster, he felt closest to God in a grove of birch trees behind his house.
Rivas, I realized, was having that same difficulty in trying to describe the god he had discovered within himself.
Rivas is about to begin a retreat in a small town in the Southern California desert.
www.firstuniv.org /seeker2.html   (727 words)

  
 CNN.com - Texas inmate testifies in bid to avoid execution - August 29, 2001
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Rivas, who has admitted he orchestrated the meticulously planned escape from a south Texas prison and fired some of the 11 shots that struck Officer Aubrey Hawkins on Christmas Eve.
Rivas was convicted August 21 of capital murder for his part in the Hawkins slaying.
At the time of his escape, Rivas was serving 17 life sentences for armed robbery and kidnapping stemming from two 1993 holdups.
archives.cnn.com /2001/LAW/08/28/prison.excape.trial   (439 words)

  
 CBS News | Death Penalty For Ringleader | May 10, 2002 09:00:36
George Rivas is the first of the seven escapees, the "Texas 7" to be tried in the Dec. 24 shooting death of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins.
Rivas, 31, received the punishment he asked for from the same jury that convicted him last week of capital murder.
Rivas' lawyers argued he never intended to kill Hawkins, only disarm him after the officer interrupted the armed robbery.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/05/02/national/main507905.shtml   (726 words)

  
 OSCN Found Document:RIVAS v. PARKLAND MANOR
By applying the statute to Rivas, the trial court reduced Rivas' compensation to $99.12 from $24,900.00, the amount he would have received had he been awarded the entire sum under the 30% adjudication.
Rivas correctly points out in his brief that the more specialized statute would control, although he incorrectly concluded the definition was the more specialized of the two statutes.
Because the legislative classification framed in §22(7) applies evenhandedly to all workers and is based upon distinctions with a proper relation to the object of the Workers' Compensation Act, the classification does not violate the federal guarantee of equal protection under the law.
www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=63503   (3475 words)

  
 CBS News | Texas Seven Escapee Convicted | August 21, 2001 17:16:07
Rivas is the first the escapees to be tried on capital murder charges.
Legal experts have said the verdict in Rivas' case will be a barometer for the remaining trials; if he is sentenced to die, the other defendants are likely to meet the same fate.
Defense attorneys may call Rivas as a witness during the punishment phase, when prosecutors would be allowed to question him about his criminal history Rivas was serving a life sentence for robbery and kidnapping when he escaped.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2001/08/21/national/main307494.shtml   (569 words)

  
 miusa.org - Fulfilling Dreams through the Fulbright Program: The Story of Karla Rivas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rivas, who is blind, was awarded one of the Fulbright CAMPUS scholarships to study communications at the University of Chico in California in 1990.
Unlike in Guatemala, where Rivas depended on her family to read textbooks onto a tape and to correct papers she had typed, Rivas received a computer with adaptive software from the Fulbright program that allowed her to write papers and read materials on her own.
Rivas found that her participation in the workplace helped the staff to become more aware of disability issues.
www.miusa.org /ncde/copy_of_stories/visiondisability/fufillingdreams/article_view?month:int=7&year:int=2005   (1712 words)

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