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PEOPLE v. ANDREWS
1 Pursuant to the agreement, the trial court dismissed the remaining counts, and sentenced defendant to the upper term of three years, suspended imposition of sentence, and placed defendant on formal probation for a period of three years,
Updated: 04/15/2011 07:33A
PEOPLE v. DAVIS
He is a poster child for the [T]hree [S]trikes law. [¶] He commits one crime after another the minute he gets out . . . and the only time there are gaps in the commission of criminal activity is when he is in state prison. [¶] As soon as he gets out,
Updated: 04/15/2011 07:32A
Bribery Trial of Tigran Postanjyan Goes to Court
The preliminary court investigation in the bribery case brought against Tigran Postanjyan, brother of Heritage Party MP Zaruhie Postanjyan, has resulted in criminal charges. The case has been sent to the courts for trial.
Updated: 04/15/2011 07:32A
PEOPLE v. ROBINSON
Defendant also contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct sua sponte regarding the lesser included offense of attempted criminal threat. We reject defendant's contentions and affirm the judgment. Defendant was charged with five felonies
Updated: 04/15/2011 07:32A
PEOPLE v. ROSALES
Defendants were found to have committed the murder to benefit a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)). Gutierrez admitted having suffered a prior conviction for purposes of the three strikes law (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds.
Updated: 04/15/2011 07:32A
ALEXANDER v. SUNDANCE REHABILITATION CORPORATION
The case concerns alleged injury to plaintiff while in a skilled nursing facility, Marysville Care Center (the care center), for rehabilitation after she had complications from knee replacement surgery. The SAC names nine defendants,
Updated: 04/15/2011 07:30A
Controversy over New Zealand three strikes law
These include people who do something by accident and get a notice, said Simon Fogarty, a senior associate at AJ Park. “These are 'mum and dad' account holders whose child downloaded something they shouldn't have,” he said.
Updated: 04/15/2011 06:54A
Data privacy in Turkish law
The development of new information technologies and in particular the Internet over the past few decades has led to concerns about the security of personal data. The storage and transfer of personal
Updated: 04/15/2011 06:33A
Criminal actions against failed bank executives
One of the defining characteristics of the current financial crisis has been the large number of banks that have failed—348 during 2008 through March 2011—taking investor money and the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund ("DIF") funds with them.
Updated: 04/15/2011 05:50A
The murder in Azerbaijani Army is being investigated
It was identified that the commander of that military unit broke the law many times,” Azerbaijani media report quoting the officer. Remind the incident took place in one of the military units of Azerbaijan on February 20 at 9.40. The criminal case has
Updated: 04/15/2011 05:26A
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