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Fake Rockefeller makes brief court appearance
Balian said he believes there is enough in the case file to bind Gerhartsreiter over for trial following the preliminary hearing. Bailey said he expected his client would face trial. "Still, nothing has changed," he said. "It's a case that's 26-years
Updated: 10/17/2011 09:00P
St. Louis jurors deciding $700 million case against tobacco company
On Monday, jurors heard closing arguments in the class action lawsuit in Circuit Court Judge Michael David's courtroom. The trial started at the end of last month and was expected to last well into November. The trial is coming to an end in its fifth
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:59P
Selection of jury begins for man accused of murder for higher plot
According to court filings, 41-year-old Darren Wold was in a bitter custody battle with Kimberly Smith, who was found stabbed to death in her Oconomowoc home in 2009. Wold and 65-year-old Jack E. Johnson are standing trial together for being party to
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:56P
Effort to stop execution of Oregon death row inmate Gary Haugen focuses on
He urged the Supreme Court to allow third-party attorneys to "present the evidence that was missing from the last hearing." He cited testimony from Haugen's 2007 trial for the killing of fellow inmate David Polin. The testimony showed Haugen had a
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:54P
Gang trial rescheduled, attorneys unable to find unbiased jurors
"The court and the attorneys want to make sure jurors are fair and impartial," Tyler said. As members of the Hermanos Pistoleros Latinos street gang, Lindstrom, 24; Soto, 25; and Saldana, 26; all conspired to cause serious bodily harm to Paul Benavides
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:50P
Civil trial begins for woman accused of negligence in car wreck
Plaintiffs Carlos Castro and Patricia Enriquez and their minor daughter, Alyssa Castro, filed a civil lawsuit against defendant Barbara Newton in district court in November 2008. In December 2006, the plaintiffs were traveling south on a US Highway 87
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:50P
2009 murder case handed to jury
The murder case of Derik Maples, shown here on the first day of his trial in Clark County Superior Court, was handed to a jury Monday afternoon. Maples is accused of being an accomplice in a 2009 Rose Village fatal shooting.
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:47P
Moldaver 'a force to be reckoned with'
Justice David Cole, who sat beside Moldaver in Grade 9, remembers him as studious and, at that time, “quite reserved.” Moldaver was the gold medalist when he graduated in law from the University of Toronto in 1971. As a defence lawyer,
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:46P
Mayer Brown | Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules FINRA Lacks Authority to
Fiero refused to pay the fine and FINRA commenced an action in New York Supreme Court to collect the funds. This was the first time FINRA ever attempted to judicially enforce a fine. Both the trial court and Appellate Division found for FINRA,
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:45P
Woman and man claim trial to two charges of illegal possession of drugs
KUCHING: A woman and a man charged with two counts of illegal possession of drugs, ketamine and methamphetamine, claimed trial in the magistrates' court here yesterday. Choo Tsze Sian and Ten Suk Kion, both 28, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:42P