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Verdict: Found Guilty. Community order. Participate in Thinking Skills. Restraining order. TORBAY COUNCIL, Town Hall, Castle Circus. Complaint for liability orders for non-payment of council tax and costs for the defendant and 873 others.
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:55A
JURY RULES FORMER STATE PATROL TROOPER WAS MURDERED Suicide finding overturned
(CHEHALIS, WA) -- For the mother of former Washington State Patrol Trooper Ronda Reynolds, this new verdict in her daughter's 1998 death was a long time coming. In Chehalis, Washington an inquest jury looking into the death of Reynolds has ruled her
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:45A
LASCANO v. STATE
[¶ 1] After being convicted of one count of burglary, appellant Joshua Lascano (Lascano) appeals the verdict and argues that the State committed misconduct by misrepresenting the relevance of gang evidence. We disagree and affirm Lascano's conviction.
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:44A
STATE v. METZ
1 We disagree with Metz that the prosecution was duplicitous, that she was denied a unanimous verdict, that her lawyer was ineffective or that the trial court erred in denying her postconviction motion without first holding a Machner 2 hearing.
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:44A
STATE v. JACKSON
The jury's verdict is binding upon a reviewing court unless there is an absence of substantial evidence in the record to sustain it. Fenske v. State, 592 NW2d 333, 343 (Iowa 1999). Substantial evidence is evidence upon which a rational finder of fact
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:42A
WESCOTT v. STATE
At the conclusion of Appellant's first trial, the jury returned a unanimous verdict on the charge of providing a false name to a law enforcement officer. 1 The information specifically charged Appellant with providing a false name to Investigator Steve
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:41A
HARDIE v. WIZARD GAMING, INC.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict. Defendants and appellants Wizard Gaming, Inc., Emily Jean Cuicchi, and Richard Levinson contend portions of the verdict are not supported by substantial evidence and that the punitive damages
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:41A
VINEY v. GRUPP
The trial court granted Leal Grupp judgment notwithstanding the verdict and reduced the total damage award to $240000, but denied Cynthia Grupp and Tranquility Group judgment notwithstanding the verdict. It ordered Viney to pay part of Curtis's
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:40A
Brid man cleared of rapes
A FATHER-OF-TWO from Bridlington was taken to hospital before a jury returned its verdict in his rape trial – only to be cleared in his absence. In a rare, case Mr Justice Coulson summed up the evidence against David Robinson, 66, of Rickaby Close,
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:38A
Sunderland nurse must await verdict of misconduct hearing
A NURSE accused of threatening to have a patient pinned down faces an anxious wait after her misconduct hearing ran out of time. Norma Murwira allegedly told him: “'If you don't shut up, I'll have you dragged into another room, restrained,
Updated: 10/20/2011 07:32A