Latest Trial Court News
JBC acts on lack of judges
The Judicial and Bar Council has began the selection of applicants for new judges to fill court vacancies, including three at the Regional Trial Court of Bacolod, Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez of the Supreme Court said yesterday
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:16P
demolition seek SP help
Rudy Dohilag, former president of TBBBCAI, said they had won the case against the landowner at the Municipal Trial Court in Cities before, but the owner of the property appealed the Regional Trial Court. He claimed he had inquired with the Register of
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:16P
Judge squashes new IHOP trial request
IHOP attorneys were in the 320th District Court Thursday morning to argue for a new trial, citing an alleged conviction of one juror. “There is no way I could reasonably anticipate that someone convicted of a misdemeanor could end up on my panel after
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:14P
Hawaii Federal Judge OKs Live Blogging of Human Trafficking Trial
Mollway's decision follows several weeks of discussion about whether the media should be allowed to live blog from federal court — and if yes, how it ought to be done. In that trial, for which Mollway was also presiding judge, a Civil Beat reporter
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:13P
Privacy Case Against Tyler Clementi's Former Roommate Will Go To Trial
Dharun Ravi, the 19-year-old former roommate of Tyler Clementi, the gay Rutgers student who killed himself last fall after Ravi filmed him making out with another male student, appeared in court today and “affirmed his decision to go to trial,” NBC
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:11P
Jaya case: 6 hours, over 350 questions on Day 1
BANGALORE: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who appeared before a trial court in Bangalore on Thursday in connection with the disproportionate assets case, fielded questions for about six hours. For someone who tried hard to get out of a court
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:10P
Jaya appears in Bangalore court over assets case
This is her first appearance in the court, nearly eight years after the case was shifted to Bangalore from Chennai to ensure free and fair trial. Jayalalithaa is charged with amassing Rs660 million between 1991 and 1996 when she was the Tamil Nadu
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:08P
'The Eichmann Trial' New Book By Deborah Lipstadt Provides insights Into
Enter Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt's recent book, "The Eichmann Trial," an analysis of the lasting legacy of the trial of Adolf Eichmann in an Israeli court a half-century ago. Eichmann, a lieutenant colonel in Hitler's dreaded SS
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:08P
Suicide roommate turns down plea deal
Dharun Ravi, 19, on Thursday (local time) affirmed his decision to go to trial, at which a conviction could mean 10 years or more in prison. A judge set a trial date of February 21 for the case, which helped set off a national conversation about
Updated: 10/20/2011 11:04P
Honour killings: Crown
Michael Lea The Whig-Standard Mohammad Shafia, front left, his wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, front right, and their son Hamed Shafia, back, arrive in Frontenac County Court Thursday morning for the start of their first-degree murder trial.
Updated: 10/20/2011 10:59P