Latest Trial Court News
Surprise: Rapist/Triple Murderer Oba Chandler Doesn't Want to Be Executed
The claim is that by the state's procedure of having a judge impose the death penalty, it violates a defendant's right to a jury trial. The jury actually recommended that Chandler receive the death penalty, but since the judge is the one who actually
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:21P
Murray's lawyers pore over medical report
Defence lawyer Ed Chernoff, calling for the delay, insisted that Murray's team “have to have the ability to address” the issue before the trial resumes. The trial in Los Angeles Superior Court is expected to last five weeks, until the end of October.
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:19P
Halle Berry stalking suspect ordered to stand trial
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Melissa N. Widdifield denied a defense motion to dismiss the case against Richard Anthony Franco, 27, of Commerce, who is jailed on $150000 bail. Berry was not called to testify during the hearing, which included
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:19P
6 UK police officers claim racial discrimination
One officer involved in the trial was accused of assaulting teenagers of Arab descent in west London. Another was accused of threatening behavior and the other four are alleged to have covered up the assaults. The matter went to court after the black
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:19P
Perzel to testify in Pa. corruption trial
(AP) - Former House Speaker John Perzel is scheduled to testify in Pennsylvania's government corruption trial. Officials say the Philadelphia Republican is scheduled to be the leadoff witness Tuesday in Dauphin County court in Harrisburg.
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:18P
Go ahead given for cartel case against Kuehne+Nagel
The High Court has given the Commerce Commission the go ahead to proceed to trial against Kuehne+Nagel International AG (Kuehne+Nagel) in relation to the Commission's ongoing freight forwarding cartel case. Kuehne+Nagel is the remaining defendant to a
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:17P
Michael Jackson trial put on hold until Wednesday
Defense lawyer Ed Chernoff, calling for the delay, insisted that Murray's team "have to have the ability to address" the issue before the trial resumes. The trial in Los Angeles Superior Court is expected to last five weeks, until the end of October.
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:16P
Courts drop conviction in Rockdale armed robbery
There were also questions about witnesses' testimony during the trial when Dwight was asked to stand in front of the jury and a witness with regard to a scar on his face. A woman who was carjacked in DeKalb County said the suspect had a scar under his
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:14P
Lawyers want Occupy Cincinnati trials combined
Geoffrey Miller tells The Cincinnati Enquirer (http://bit.ly/rcY17R ) that a mass trial, drawing potentially hundreds of people to court, would have more punch. The newspaper reports the first trials are scheduled for Thursday. For more than a week,
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:14P
WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |NJ lawyer says murder plot charges
their release," Paul Bergrin told a jury of nine men and nine women during a 90-minute opening statement in US District Court. "The only way for them to do that is to cooperate with the government." Bergrin is representing himself in the trial,
Updated: 10/17/2011 05:14P