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Verdict in shooting trial expected today
Newton, 18, is accused of shooting Guess, 21, and Smith, 22, from the front porch of a house on the corner of 26th and Court streets on Nov. 22, 2010. Guess died, and Smith was injured. In opening statements on Tuesday, Baker said Newton was defending
Updated: 10/27/2011 01:02A
Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. | Argument preview: Another technical AEDPA
Milyard Giovanna Shay is an Associate Professor of Law at Western New England University School of Law. Professor Shay writes and teaches about criminal law and postconviction rights. She is the co-author with Christopher Lasch of Initiating a New
Updated: 10/27/2011 01:01A
Oklahoma court overturns killer's life-without-parole sentence
The appellate court Wednesday sent the case back to Pottawatomie County District Court to take care of the resentencing of Edwin Leroy Scoby. The trial judge made a mistake by allowing evidence of Scoby's previous criminal convictions to be presented
Updated: 10/27/2011 01:00A
Asif didn't volunteer evidence he gave under oath
Justice Cooke resumed his summing-up of the alleged spot-fixing trial yesterday and issued the jury an advisory with regards to former Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif's excuse for bowling a no-ball during last year's Lord's Test, ESPNCricinfo reported.
Updated: 10/27/2011 01:00A
Prescott Valley loses motion to dismiss investor lawsuit against events center
PRESCOTT VALLEY - The Town of Prescott Valley has lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit in federal court that investors in Tim's Toyota Center initially filed two years ago. Judge G. Murray Snow of the US District Court in Phoenix this past Thursday
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:58A
Rajat Gupta released on bail; trial set for April 9
He was released on a $10 million bond, secured by his home in Connecticut. Meanwhile, Gupta has made his appearance in US Magistrate Court in New York before Judge Kevin Fox. Following his presentment, he will be arraigned before US District Judge Jed
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:58A
Dec 19 Trial For Mat Sabu's Bukit Kepong Remark
Judge Ikmal Hishan Mohd Tajuddin set the date after an application by Deputy Public Prosecutor Lailawati Ali for the court to fix other trial dates because the prosecution had to attend a conference during the Dec 5-9 trial dates set by the court
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:58A
Killer sentenced to life
YOUNGSTOWN - Relatives of two men suffocated to death over a North Side gang feud in 2009 said Wednesday at the sentencing of one of the killers that they cannot stop wondering about the final moments of the victims' lives.
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:58A
Tinubu Challenges Trial At Conduct Tribunal
The court subsequently adjourned till Wednesday, 30th November, 2011 for ruling on the matter. Part of the charge for which Tinubu is standing trial read: “That you Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos state, being a public officer and listed in part
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:57A
Spot-fixing: Tainted Pak trio to plead guilty?
The judge in the Pakistan spot-fixing trial on Wednesday (October 26) asked the jury to consider whether Mohammad Asif's defense was believable, as he gave the court an excuse he had not previously mentioned it when questioned by police.
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:53A
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