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Moe Brown stung Jury convicts on 11 of 13 counts; Mario Brown acquitted of charges
Cazayoux said he was pleased with last week's verdict. “We feel we have learned a little bit during this trial and we'll apply that to future trials. We look forward to going to trial on the other officials.” The Brown's attorneys could not be reached
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:37P
Show over for the Mill Theatre
Secretary Doug Clarke said the date for demolition had not been confirmed, but the engineer's verdict was that the building had to go. Riccarton Players supporters had been able to get into the theatre yesterday to retrieve costumes and other items.
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:37P
» Littles gets 7 1/2 years in shooting
Coos County Circuit Court Judge Richard Barron issued the verdict in the trial, which began Feb. 22. Defense arguments claimed that mental disease or defect — in this case, methamphetamine-induced psychosis — had caused the attack.
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:36P
Real Property: Prescriptive Easement – Permissive Use
Where plaintiffs sought a prescriptive easement and an order for defendants to remove a barn blocking access to plaintiffs' property, judgment for the defendants is affirmed because the trial court could have found that the
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:34P
Laura's Law passes NC House unanimously
RALEIGH – An effort to strengthen penalties for repeat DWI offenders moved a step closer to becoming law on Thursday as the House unanimously gave its initial approval to Laura's Law. Laura's Law, named after Laura Fortenberry, a Gaston County teenager
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:34P
Blockbuster, Creditors Reach Accord on Sale Proposal to Avoid Liquidation
“The parties have come to an accord and presented us with a more palatable situation” following days of negotiations, US Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland said in Manhattan court today. Blockbuster, based in Dallas, filed for bankruptcy on Sept.
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:32P
House passes bill cracking down on repeat drunk drivers
RALEIGH – An effort to strengthen penalties for repeat DWI offenders moved a step closer to becoming law on Thursday as the House unanimously gave its initial approval to Laura's Law. Laura's Law, named after Laura Fortenberry, a Gaston County teenager
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:31P
Rep. Tim Moore's bill to boost penalties for drunken drivers passes state House
RALEIGH — An effort to strengthen penalties for repeat DWI offenders moved a step closer to becoming law on Thursday as the House unanimously gave its initial approval to Laura's Law. Laura's Law, named for Laura Fortenberry, a teenager who was killed
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:30P
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel
Where a defendant sought post-conviction relief on the grounds that his counsel was ineffective for failing to call an alibi witness, sufficient evidence supported the finding that the decision not to call the witness was a
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:30P
Domestic Relations: Maintenance – Income-Producing Property – Student Loan Debt
(1) Where a trial court in a dissolution counted the wife's monthly daycare expenses on her Form 14 and in determining her expenses for maintenance and the court similarly erred in calculating the living expenses for the
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:30P
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