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Jayalalithaa reappears in court in assets case
The case was filed in Chennai over a decade ago but was transferred to Bangalore by the Supreme Court in 2003 to ensure fair and free trial. Like Thursday she landed at the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd's airport in city centre and drove in a convoy of
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:34A
NP3's Mock Trial Team Makes Winning Arguments
Buschell, a second degree murder trial. Competition is set for late February. “Mock trial affords me the opportunity to hone my public speaking,” said NP3 senior Christine Vincent. “Since I joined the team sophomore year I learned a lot about the court
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:34A
Adam Vincent murder trial trio's bid to drop lawyers
High Court judge Mr Justice McCombe, who will be the trial judge, adjourned the matter until today for the men to consider their position again overnight – but he warned them of the potentially serious consequences of their refusal to co-operate with
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:33A
Imran Khan supports Salman Butt`s claim in court
Butt, who is facing a trial on charges of cheating and corruption in London, told the jury on Wednesday that he used to call up Khan to take advice from him. "Yes, Salman called me up a couple of times from England last year to discuss cricket issues
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:31A
Law change led to murder charge
Clift's second trial was possible because of the Law Reform Act 1996 which abolished the "year and a day rule" which stated that an act was presumed not to have caused a person's death if more than a year and a day elapsed before death. Criminal lawyer
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:26A
Miami-Dade Jury Finds for Philip Morris USA in an Engle Trial
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marking the ninth win for the company in the last 13 Engle cases to go to trial, a Miami-Dade jury today decided in favor of Philip Morris USA and another tobacco company (Junious). "This jury appropriately rejected the plaintiff's
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:26A
Supreme Court to hear appeal in Halkett case
She pleaded not guilty and testified at her trial in May 2009 that she didn't know she was pregnant and was shocked to deliver the baby inside the store washroom. Halkett said the boy was blue and didn't appear alive. She came forward to police after
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:23A
Child victims begged for help, Ont. trial told
Found dead by drowning in a black Nissan that Shafia had bought just eight days earlier - the suggestion implicit that he got it for that very purpose - were Rona Amir Mohammad, the barren wife who had been presented to the children and outsiders both
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:22A
Facebook trial bully from Aylesbury jailed for 18 months
Aylesbury Crown Court heard that Blair had repeatedly attacked the victim with a broom, in a frantic attack described as 'despicable'. He was convicted for actual bodily harm earlier this year. Castello, of Chaloner Road, Aylesbury, was convicted by a
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:21A
S.F. federal court vacancy gives Obama an opening
Breyer, 69, younger brother of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997. A San Francisco native, he attended Lowell High, Harvard and UC Berkeley Law School and was a Legal Aid lawyer and a prosecutor in San
Updated: 10/21/2011 03:21A