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Texas Tax Fight May Spur Legislative Session, State Tells Court
Under the 2006 revision of the tax law, any challenges to the legislation must go directly to the high court, jumping over trial and intermediate appellate courts. Texas Supreme Court justices today questioned James Martens, an Austin attorney
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:28P
Sussex Man Deemed Competent to Stand Trial in Sexual Assault Case
William Radix is charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with sexually assaulting two young boys. A Sussex man accused of sexually assaulting two Milwaukee boys has been deemed competent to stand trial. William Radix, 44, was deemed
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:28P
Butt's lawyer claims lack of evidence
Salman Butt's lawyer has dismissed the case against the former Pakistan Test captain, saying "there simply isn't enough evidence to find him guilty" in the spot-fixing trial in a London court. Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif face charges of
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:26P
Fry wants murder case retried
By: AP The Rhode Island mother convicted earlier this month of strangling her 8-year-old daughter in 2009 wants a new trial. WPRO-AM reports prosecutors and lawyers for 38-year-old Kimberly Fry will meet Tuesday with Washington County Superior Court
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:25P
Judge: Angle owes $1.3 million, not $1.7 million
On Friday, Braxton was in Northampton County Court to hear post-trial motions from the two sides. He rejected two of them in brief orders: •Cotturo was seeking to have Angle pay $458124 in interest dating from October 2005, when Tucker Homes called off
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:24P
Term limits cases moving ahead
Lawyers for the prevailing side in are arguing there's no reason to accept the appeal because the case cited in the trial court case doesn't apply anyway. However, lawyers seeking to overturn term limits continue to argue for a hearing to affirm that
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:22P
Africa and the International Criminal Court
The ICC targeting of Africa becomes obvious if seen in the light of accusing President Al Bashir after the court diverted similar accusations to the Congolese militia leader, Thomas Lubanga in 2007. The failure to bring the latter to trial led the ICC
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:19P
US airman: Gunman had 'hate in his eyes' when he shot 2 servicemen at
He gave a teary confession at the trial's opening in August, saying that the night before he had seen a video on Facebook that purported to show American soldiers raping a teenage Muslim girl. It turned out to be a scene from the 2007 Brian De Palma
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:18P
Man denies Joss Stone murder plot
Liverpool, 34, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to commit robbery at Exeter Crown Court today. Mr Bradshaw has not yet entered a plea. Both men were ordered detained until their trial
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:16P
Appellate court overturns a temporary stop on Corpus Christi's pipe ban ordinance
City attorneys called the appellate court's decision a win, while attorneys for the business owners said all it means is the case can move forward. The decision sends the case back to district court where it can proceed to trial.
Updated: 10/24/2011 04:09P
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