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Police File Case Upon USD 0.9 Million Robbery Of Foxtrot Retail Chain Manager
The Internal Affairs Ministry's main directorate in Kyiv has filed a criminal case upon an unknown person robbing a manager of the Foxtrot retail chain of USD 908000 in the Kyiv district of Pechersk, Ukrainian News has learned from Volodymyr Polischuk,
Updated: 02/16/2011 06:55A
PEOPLE v. BALBUENA
In People v. Gonzales (1989) 208 Cal.App.3d 1170 (Gonzales ), we rejected a claim nearly identical to the one Balbuena urges us to adopt. There, the sentencing court imposed the upper term for voluntary manslaughter based on the defendant's subsequent
Updated: 02/16/2011 06:47A
PEOPLE v. STILLITTANO
Appellant puts forth three arguments as to why his conduct did not rise to the level of an attempted lewd act: 1) He did not implement a concrete criminal plan to physically touch Jamie; 2) as a matter of law, the constructive touching theory does not
Updated: 02/16/2011 06:46A
Panel approves study of legalizing marijuana
The committee also approved a bill requiring computerized tracking of cold medications used in making methamphetamine rather than mandating prescriptions, as some law enforcement groups urged. The Senate's Criminal Law Committee voted 5-3 to advance
Updated: 02/16/2011 06:22A
Musharraf can't claim constitutional immunity in Benazir assassination case
Former judge and expert on criminal law, Ehtesham Qadir Shah, said that if the warrants against Musharraf remain unexecuted owing to his non-availability, the proclamation under Section 87 C would be issued against him and no trial would start against
Updated: 02/16/2011 06:14A
Transgender people are just like the rest of us
A group of law-abiding people whose sexual orientation differs from the majority may be granted rights -and suddenly, pedophiles have carte blanche to run amok among us. Back when the topic of the day was the legalizing of same-sex marriages,
Updated: 02/16/2011 05:26A
Reform needed
The Criminal Code allows a maximum sentence of 14 years for aggravated assaults. What does somebody have to do to receive the maximum or near maximum? There is a systemic difficulty our judiciary often faces in sentencing, constrained as they are by
Updated: 02/16/2011 05:14A
Mare arrested for assault
Mare appeared before Chiredzi magistrate, Enias Magate, facing charges of assault as defined in section 89 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. He appeared on summons and was remanded out of custody to 4 March.
Updated: 02/16/2011 05:13A
Wanted - A definition on terrorism
Does this mean there is a conflict between the definition of terrorism in the Lebanese Criminal Code and the notion of terrorism as reflected in international law? The judges are adamant that international law is relevant in determining the notion of
Updated: 02/16/2011 03:42A
Nigeria-Dud cheques: Bizman accused of issuing N5.5 million dud cheques
Prosecutor Simon Ibrahim told the court that on July 16, 2010, one Emmanuel Uguemah reported at Utako Police Station that the accused sometime in 2009 fraudulently obtained a short term loan of N5.5 million from their bank with a forged land allocation
Updated: 02/16/2011 03:32A
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