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On the legal banning of history
So ridiculous is the verdict that even friends of the system have seized the moment to defend the struggle. Amazing. Mathatha Tsedu asks why Judge President Phineas Mojapelo of the South Gauteng High Court elected Lamont J to preside over the case
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:55A
MAYES v. STATE
The jury returned a verdict sentencing appellant to two years in prison and recommending community supervision. The judge told the jury that its verdict was illegal because the minimum period of community supervision for sexual assault is five years.
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:53A
RUIZ v. STATE
At the same time, Christopher Ballard heard an accident occur in front of his house. When Ballard went outside to investigate, he saw a man standing outside his vehicle. The man said he crashed after trying to avoid hitting a deer.
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:52A
POPE v. HERITAGE COMMUNITIES, INC.
After the close of Respondents' evidence, the trial court directed a verdict for HCI on the express warranty cause of action and for BuildStar on the warranty of workmanlike service cause of action. At the close of all evidence, the trial court granted
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:52A
Egypt court blocks Orascom split ruling
An Egyptian court has ruled that shareholders from Orascom Telecom will be forced to wait until December 17 2011 to have a verdict delivered on their attempts to prevent a split within the company. The company was scheduled to be broken up after it was
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:50A
STATE v. DECKELMAN
He pled not guilty and, following a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty as charged. The State subsequently filed a multiple offender bill, and the defendant was adjudicated a fourth-felony habitual offender. The trial court sentenced the
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:49A
STATE v. ZIRLOTT
Following a trial by jury, the defendant was convicted as charged. The defendant moved for a new trial and for post-verdict judgment of acquittal. The trial court denied both motions. The state filed a bill of information seeking to have the defendant
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:49A
MYERS v. STATE
which advised law enforcement that Myers was known to be traveling in a green Chevrolet Tahoe. As a result of this BOLO, an officer with the Rome City Police Department—while directing traffic—spotted a green Tahoe and a driver who matched Myers's
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:48A
STATE v. RODRIGUEZ
Following the jury's verdict, the trial court granted the defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict as to counts nine and seventeen, adulteration or misbranding of drugs. The State appeals the order granting judgment of
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:48A
SANTISTEBAN v. STATE
Appellant was charged by amended information with four counts of vehicular homicide, arising out of a February 11, 2005, gasoline tanker accident that killed four people: Gloria Halpern, Alan Klein, Deborah Klein, and Anita Epstein.
Updated: 09/15/2011 07:48A