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Man charged in rape, robbery headed to trial
(AP) - A convicted burglar is facing trial in the rape and robbery of an 80-year-old woman in her suburban Detroit apartment. Twenty-9-year-old William Porter Harrison III was in a Clinton Township court Monday as the woman testified.
Updated: 10/24/2011 08:00P
Arms import: Judge adopts secret trial for Iranian, Nigerian suspects
Trial judge, Justice Okechukwu Okeke, who ordered journalists, lawyers and litigants out of the court room as the case was called, cited the need to protect national security for his decision. It was only the accused persons and their counsel that were
Updated: 10/24/2011 08:00P
Man on trial over murder and rape
The trial of a man accused of murdering a woman whose body was found inside a burning house has begun at the High Court in Auckland this morning. The 29-year-old man, who has name suppression, faces one charge of murder and one of rape.
Updated: 10/24/2011 07:58P
Cambodian PM faces lawsuit for trial 'meddling'
The filing of the lawsuit with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court was the latest twist in a multi-million dollar tribunal fraught with controversy since it was set up seven years ago to try those “most responsible” for the brutal deaths of an estimated
Updated: 10/24/2011 07:58P
Jo Yeates murder trial: 'I did not hear screams from flat'
A NEIGHBOUR of Joanna Yeates did NOT hear screams on the night she died at the hands of Vincent Tabak, a court heard yesterday. Geoffrey Hardyman, who has a top-floor flat at 44 Canynge Road, was ill with a cold on Friday, December 17 last year.
Updated: 10/24/2011 07:55P
Prosecution Rests Case in Jackson Trial
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said Friday he was considering contempt-of-court charges against White. Under California's involuntary manslaughter statute, prosecutors must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Murray's actions
Updated: 10/24/2011 07:53P
Jaywalking mother to be retried
Nelson was eligible for a possible three-year jail term but State Court Judge Katherine Tanksley offered her a choice between probation for a year or a new trial without her attorney ever making such a request. Nelson's second trial begins Tuesday,
Updated: 10/24/2011 07:49P
Hemet murder trial: Teen charged with murder testifies
The three were in Campos' bedroom at his parent's Hemet home on Bluejay Way drinking and smoking marijuana, court records said. Campos said he put on an instrumental track on the mixing equipment he has in his bedroom and Ruiz began to rap.
Updated: 10/24/2011 07:48P
Baba Suwe asks court to vacate detention order to NDLEA
It will be recalled that trial judge in the matter, Justice Okechukwu Okeke, had following an exparte application by NDLEA, granted it powers to keep Baba Suwe in custody for 15 more days. NDLEA had deposed to an affidavit in support of the motion,
Updated: 10/24/2011 07:46P
Murder trial begins today
The jury trial for a Bolivar man accused of murder began today (Monday) in Benton County Circuit Court. John Michael Loomis, 26, is accused of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in relation to the death of Christopher Cornell on Oct. 19,
Updated: 10/24/2011 07:44P
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