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Updated: 05/24/2011 07:31A
Supreme Court Again Leaves Best for Last
Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court's swing voter extraordinaire, cast his lot with the liberal wing this time, writing a 5-4 opinion that found constitutional violations and could lead to the release of tens of thousands of prisoners.
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:30A
PEOPLE v. CHAVEZ
On appeal from the judgment, Chavez contends that the trial court made several evidentiary errors, and improperly denied his motions to sever the charged offenses and for a new trial; and that the evidence is insufficient to sustain one murder
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:30A
Hilda Owen murder conviction overturned
Lord Justice Thomas said the quality of fingerprint evidence put before the jury "reflected standards that existed in other areas of forensic science some years ago and not the vastly improved standards expected in contemporary forensic science.
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:30A
DB BEAVERTON, LLC v. DORN-PLATZ PROPERTIES, INC.
On June 6, 2005, Fortress Credit Corp. loaned DPP Beaverton Commercial Investments LLC (Borrower) $40300000 to develop property in Beaverton, Oregon (Loan I). An additional $2243126 was loaned to Borrower on November 30, 2006, by Drawbridge Special
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:30A
MARTINEZ v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
The trial court denied the plaintiff's motion for statutory attorney fees on the ground they were part of the "costs" the plaintiff agreed to bear. We affirm the trial court's ruling. Plaintiff Jessica Martinez brought an action against defendant Los
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:29A
PEOPLE v. ELBYE
Defendant contends on appeal that his conviction should be reversed because the trial court approved his request to represent himself without conducting an adequate inquiry under Faretta v. California (1975) 422 US 806 (Faretta) and without advising
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:28A
IN RE MARRIAGE OF LANCASHIRE
Wife contends the trial court exceeded its jurisdiction when it made orders on March 12 and October 23, 2008, on which the August 7, 2009 order is based. We do not reach the merits of these claims. Wife did not appeal from an order dated April 7, 2009,
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:28A
SA looking to monitor EEZ
We experienced an intrusion into the waters of SADC around the 28th of December with the hijacking of a Mozambican vessel that contained 28 Mozambicans and two Spanish sailors,” Sisulu said. “The Mozambicans requested of us to assist them because they
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:28A
ZUPAN v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS
for which he served prison time; his license to practice law had been suspended; he had resigned from the California State Bar with disciplinary proceedings pending for a crime of moral turpitude; and he had declared bankruptcy at least once.
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:27A
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