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PEOPLE v. TRUONG
Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497 (Romero). The trial court denied the motion and sentenced defendant to the low term of 16 months, which was doubled by virtue of the strike conviction to total a sentence of 32 months in prison. (Pen.
Updated: 03/28/2011 08:37A
PEOPLE v. MELGARD
asked: whether any family member or close friend was in law enforcement; whether any family member or close friend had been a victim, witness, or defendant in a criminal matter; and whether there was any reason he could not be fair and impartial.
Updated: 03/28/2011 08:36A
Part 3- of a 3-part series on technology
“But when people of my generation, who grew up with the Internet and Facebook, get into practice and start utilizing those social media resources, they are going to take a huge market share away from practitioners not connected online.
Updated: 03/28/2011 08:18A
Cluster Munitions Ban Tabled in Australian Senate
The Committee's report into the Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010 has been tabled in the Senate. “Australia is a leading supporter of the Convention on Cluster Munitions and was one of its first signatories in December
Updated: 03/28/2011 07:46A
KGB “has drawn a line”
VA Matsukevich, AA Sharstou and DV Huseltsau (all of them were born in 1987) have been detained as suspects in committing a crime under Article 293 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (“Mass riots”). On March 23 Minsk prosecutor's office sanctioned
Updated: 03/28/2011 07:16A
Crim outlook
That is not to say that more people are committing fraudulent offences because of hard times; rather, as more and more companies go into bankruptcy or face closer scrutiny, crimes are more likely to be detected. “It's because all the risky investment
Updated: 03/28/2011 03:56A
FOI Bill: Exercise responsibility, NGF cautions media
Before the passage of the Bill, the country's law have had secrecy clauses prohibiting the disclosure of information under the Official Secret Act, the Criminal Code and the Penal Code among others. The practice before now was to ensure that public
Updated: 03/28/2011 03:07A
Kenya: Lawyer Who Could Save the Ocampo Six
Being one of the few Kenyan lawyers with experience in international law, Ms Osure, who works at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, has caught the eye of Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo as Kenya prepares to redirect the ICC
Updated: 03/28/2011 12:05A
Kenya: Five Local Lawyers Proposed to Defend Ocampo Six
Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo confirmed to the Sunday Nation that he had written to AG Amos Wako recommending that he hire the five private lawyers to shore up the team of the two Britons engaged by the State Law Office. "You cannot hire foreign
Updated: 03/28/2011 12:04A
Conviction: Bode George, Others Appeal to Supreme Court
Criminal Code Laws of Lagos 2003 and that the charge at the lower court was initiated by the Attorney General of the Federation, erred in law when they failed to hold that AGF had no authority in prosecuting them (appellants) under the state law.
Updated: 03/27/2011 09:19P
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