Latest Trial Court News
Court rejects Florida death row inmate's appeal
A state circuit court judge has rejected an appeal from an inmate scheduled to be executed next month. Oba Chandler's attorney argued in a hearing Friday that Chandler's rights were violated at his 1994 trial. The attorney also said a jury should be
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:58P
Court round-up
Parry who is a first time offender, during his trial pled not guilty to cultivating cannabis and guilty to possession of cannabis on Tuesday 18th October at the Magistrates court for offences committed on August 25th 2011. It was presented before the
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:53P
Man accused of murdering 83-year-old Craighead Co. woman appears in court
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – A Region 8 man accused of murdering an 83-year-old Craighead County woman had his trial date set. According to the Craighead County Prosecuting Office, Ronnie Laster's first degree murder trial has been set for November 7.
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:51P
'Weak evidence' against Butt
London - Salman Butt's lawyer on Monday 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
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:46P
Prosecutors rest case against Jackson's doctor after 4 weeks, 33 witnesses
Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Paul Buck, Pool) LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Prosecutors concluded their case
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:43P
F1 bribery trial: Gerhard Gribkowsky says his actions 'defused a bomb' and
Photo: Getty By Helia Ebrahimi In the opening day of Gerhard Gribkowsky's trial, his lawyer Rainer Buessow defended his involvement in the sale of F1, telling a Munich court: "The fact is that our client defused a bomb." Mr Gribkowsky, 53, who at one
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:43P
RI mother convicted of strangling daughter, age 8, in 2009 wants new trial
wants a new trial. WPRO-AM reports (http://bit.ly/uMnCM6 ) prosecutors and lawyers for 38-year-old Kimberly Fry will meet Tuesday with Washington County Superior Court Judge William Carnes Jr. A jury convicted Fry of second-degree murder on Oct. 6.
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:42P
'Rape' of cyber friend: Trial court acquits techie
On Monday, a trial court acquitted him in the case. Additional Sessions Judge VK Khanna dropped charges of rape against Verma, son of a businessman and a software engineer. The reasons of his acquittal, however, were not made clear as the copy of the
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:42P
Lululemon Trial
Juror selection is underway in Montgomery County in the murder trial of Brittany Norwood. Norwood sat in the court room with little emotion on her face as the selection of 12 people who will decide her fate got under way. Norwood is accused of killing
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:41P
Ninth Circuit Keeps Prop 8 Tapes Under Seal, Sets Arguments for Appeal
The US Court of Appeals fo the Ninth Circuit today granted a stay pending appeal of US District Court Judge James Ware's order unsealing the tapes of the Proposition 8 trial. The appeals court, however, set a rapid schedule for considering the matter,
Updated: 10/24/2011 03:41P