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Attorneys make final effort on Barry Beach re-trial case
In a brief sent by defense attorney Peter Camiel, the defense argues that witness testimony at the evidentiary hearing was considered admissible by the court and was not rebutted by the state. The brief states: "The State had the opportunity to present
Updated: 10/15/2011 07:00P
Owners of the Mets are seeking to avoid a jury trial
In papers filed Friday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, lawyers for the team's owners said that the trustee, Irving H. Picard, “is not entitled to a jury trial” because the two remaining claims arise out of the bankruptcy code.
Updated: 10/15/2011 06:52P
Attorney in carjack-slayings says trial flawed
Doug Trant referred in court on Friday to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation file on former Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/nuHx3Y). Davidson and his co-defendants all are seeking new
Updated: 10/15/2011 06:20P
Prosecutors to seek plea deal in latest Jahlil Ward murder trial
The prosecution appealed a Superior Court order that would have excluded certain witnesses from testifying in the third trial, according to a VI Supreme Court order filed Sept. 27. That order remanded the matter to a third trial in Superior Court and
Updated: 10/15/2011 06:06P
Hearing begins over juror's gesture during ex-cop Dowdye's murder trial
During Dowdye's 2007 trial, prosecutors asked Hollar to remove Juror No. 3 from the jury. Dowdye's appeal asserts that the juror's removal without a proper inquiry by the trial court violated his constitutional right to a trial by an impartial jury.
Updated: 10/15/2011 06:06P
SC fines judge for bail without hearing
The high court ordered Judge Jaime Infante of the Saranggani Regional Trial Court to pay a fine of P20,000 for gross ignorance of the law and judicial rules and warned him that he would be dealt with more severely if he repeated the offense.
Updated: 10/15/2011 05:40P
Camouflaged burglary suspect fails to make trial date
Washington County Circuit Court issued a felony warrant Friday for the arrest of Gregory Liascos, the Portland man who dressed in a camoflouged Ghillie suit last October and is accused of burglarizing the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals in
Updated: 10/15/2011 05:08P
Dispute over police expert slows murder trial
A four-hour argument over a police expert ended Friday with testimony that provided no direct link between a fatal 2002 shooting and three suspects on trial for murder in Lenawee County Circuit Court. The fifth day of the trial of
Updated: 10/15/2011 04:18P
Victory for open justice
In an enlightened decision, Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer has just brought down the gavel for a more open court process. He is presiding over the murder trial in the case of noted Toronto philanthropist Glen Davis.
Updated: 10/15/2011 04:13P
Supreme Court Denies Appeal by Missing Girl's Convicted Killer
argued that his attorneys were ineffective because they stipulated to the fact that DNA matching Amanda's DNA was derived from blood - as opposed to some other source - and failed to call an expert to challenge the state's scratch-marks expert.
Updated: 10/15/2011 03:46P
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