Latest Trial Court News
Halle Berry Accused Stalker Richard A. Franco Pleads Not Guilty
Franco appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday (31Oct11) to enter his plea. He was ordered to return for a pre-trial hearing on 28 November (11), reports Eonline.com. If convicted, he faces up to three years behind bars for felony stalking,
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:43A
Settlement Reached in Florida Anthrax Death Case
A trial had been set for early 2012. Robert Stevens worked in Boca Raton at American Media Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer, Sun and Globe tabloids, when he was exposed to anthrax. He died Oct. 5, 2001. In court documents, the government
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:43A
Govt lawyers to argue Fed Court invalid
"Think of it, the Commonwealth of Australia... proposes to argue before the High Court that every decision of its principle trial court is invalid - every divorce, every custody order, every maintenance order." He said the Attorney General in
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:43A
Salman Butt, Md Asif Found Guilty in Spot-Fixing Trial
The decision came on the 20th day of the trial at Southwark Crown Court and required 16 hours of deliberation by the jury. Butt faces up to seven years in prison for his role in the scandal that shook the core of international cricket last year after a
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:42A
Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif — profiles of cricket's spot-fixers
Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Born in Lahore to a middle-class family and educated in an English-speaking school, Butt had to take care of his two sisters' education and household expenses following the separation of his parents when he was 14.
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:42A
Butt, Asif found guilty
The jurors also found Butt guilty of conspiracy to accept corrupt payments by a majority of 10 to two. The jury has not yet reached a verdict on whether Asif was also guilty of conspiracy to accept corrupt payments, and is continuing its deliberations.
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:36A
UK jury finds Pak cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif guilty in cricket spot
The jury reached their verdict on the fourth day of the trial. It declared former Test captain Salman Butt, 27, guilty on both charges-of conspiracy to cheat and accepting corrupt payments for plotting to bowl deliberate no-balls in last summer's
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:34A
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif found guilty in spot-fixing trial
The 12 jurors were unanimous in their decision that both players were guilty of conspiracy to cheat, but could only reach a 10-2 majority verdict on the charge that Butt took money to do so. Judge Jeremy Cooke ordered the jury, which had already spent
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:34A
SC reserves order on bail plea of corporate honchos
The Supreme Court today reserved its order on the bail plea of five corporate honchos who are in jail for over six months for their alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. A bench of Justices GS Singhvi and HL Dattu heard the arguments
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:31A
Murray expected to decide today on testifying
LOS ANGELES — Testimony in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson's personal physician is poised to end on a flurry of medical witnesses, with the doctor at the center of case saying he is still undecided about
Updated: 11/01/2011 07:28A