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IN RE ADOPTION OF CHRISTIAN R.
We shall conclude the trial court's order terminating appellant's parental rights provided relief in excess of that authorized by section 8604, which permits an adoption to proceed without the noncustodial parent's consent. The ultimate result may be
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:34A
Jo Yeates murder trial: Killer Vincent Tabak denies 'strangling for sexual
Giving evidence for a second day at Bristol Crown Court, he was asked by prosecution QC Nigel Lickley whether his motivation in killing Miss Yeates was sexual. "What's the difficulty in accepting it is sexual?" the prosecutor asked Tabak.
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:34A
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. MICHAEL
P. 31.24 ¶1 Michael and Kathleen Slayton (collectively "the Slaytons") appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment to defendants State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm") and Great Northwest Insurance Company ("Great
Updated: 10/21/2011 07:34A
Victim's dad wants Gary Sampson back on death row
The 51-year-old Abington native won a battle for his life Thursday when a federal judge ruled he should get a new trial. In a 110-page decision, US District Court Judge Mark Wolf stated that Sampson was “denied his constitutional right to an impartial
Updated: 10/21/2011 06:40A
Man pleads guilty to child sex assault
He appeared before York Crown Court, where he was due to stand trial having previously denied the charges. However he changed his pleas at the last minute, admitting all three charges. The court heard the assaults were all said to have taken place
Updated: 10/21/2011 06:39A
Police testimony to continue at Shafia murder trial
Earlier Thursday, the court heard the family couldn't bear the "treachery" of the three teenaged daughters having boyfriends, so they allegedly drowned the four victims by pushing a car into a canal and staging the scene to look like an implausible
Updated: 10/21/2011 06:39A
Paul Bergrin murder trial: Former employee testifies against attorney
Before a packed courtroom in US District Court in Newark, Jimenez offered highly charged testimony, telling jurors about a deal he tried to put together between Hakeem Curry, a "high roller, big-time drug dealer" who was one of Bergrin's clients,
Updated: 10/21/2011 06:33A
Amity man testifies he sold guns in Pottstown
Sumner, 21, of Lincoln Avenue, is awaiting trial on attempted murder charges in connection with the shooting and another one on Sept. 11 when he allegedly shot at Miller but missed his target. Miller, who was supported in court by several relatives,
Updated: 10/21/2011 06:28A
Joanna Yeates murder trial: Vincent Tabak denies he was injured in struggle
"I am sorry I dragged him into this," he told the jury at Bristol Crown Court. Tabak said he was "in a state of panic, turmoil" after dumping her body on a snowy verge in Failand, Somerset, on December 17. "I was exhausted that evening after moving
Updated: 10/21/2011 06:25A
Testimony continues in Kingston murder trial
Tooba Mohammad Yahya and husband Mohammad Shafia and their son Hamed Mohammed Shafia are escorted by police officers into the Frontenac County Court courthouse on the first day of trial in Kingston, Ontario on Thursday, October 20, 2011.
Updated: 10/21/2011 06:24A
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