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Pleas get review by justices
“It was the defendant's choice, not the lawyers' choice” to plead guilty, Chief Justice John Roberts told one advocate. And the defendant has to live with his decision, he suggested. One case from Missouri involved a lawyer who failed to tell his
Updated: 11/01/2011 04:00P
Lawyers seek halt to drugs
Jared Lee Loughner's lawyers have asked the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals to end their client's commitment at the prison in Springfield, where mental health experts are trying to make him psychologically fit to stand trial.
Updated: 11/01/2011 04:00P
Suit by slain Detroit stripper's family dismissed
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. By COREY WILLIAMS The Associated Press DETROIT — A federal judge dismissed a civil lawsuit Tuesday that claimed
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:53P
Court upholds convictions of 5 in Fla. terror plot
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. By CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press MIAMI — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the convictions of five
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:53P
Ford lawyer points Sacramento jury to driver of fatal rollover
A Ford lawyer implored a jury today to not make an award based on the automaker's financial clout and urged the panel to blame the driver in a fatal 2004 van crash that's the subject of a Sacramento Superior Court wrongful death trial.
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:19P
Pakistan players guilty in fixing scandal
In a twist for Butt, his wife gave birth to a baby boy just 30 minutes before the verdict was delivered, his father said by telephone from Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore. Butt already has one daughter. "It's a matter of great grief for us that Butt
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:19P
UK court verdicts will have 'no impact' on suspensions: ICC
PTI | 01:11 AM,Nov 02,2011 Dubai, Nov 1 (PTI) The International Cricket Council tonight said the guilty verdicts handed down to two Pakistani cricketers in the spot-fixing case in England will "have no impact" on the length of the suspensions meted out
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:12P
Tata's Singur case appeal assigned to new bench
PTI Kolkata: The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday assigned the appeal of Tata Motors Ltd challenging a trial court order upholding constitutionality of Singur Land Act to a new division bench after the state questioned whether an
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:04P
Weinberger wants new attorneys, get them in fed case
Former Merrillville nose doctor Mark Weinberger wants to replace his lawyers in his federal criminal case, according to a motion filed Tuesday in the US District Court in Hammond.
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:02P
Trading on reputation: the trials of Rajat Gupta and the SEC
The Federal Court judge, Jed Rakoff, who is responsible for hearing the Gupta case, is exceptionally sceptical of the SEC's general approach. In a previous settlement reached by the SEC against Bank of America, he argued that it risked privileging “the
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:01P
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