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Georgia Supreme Court to hear assisted suicide group challenge to lower court
ATLANTA — Georgia's highest court is set to review free speech arguments by four members of a suicide group charged with helping a cancer-stricken man kill himself. The Georgia Supreme Court has agreed to hear their appeal prior to
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:54P
Trial date set for man accused in Baby Kate case
A trial date for Sean Phillips, the man facing charges in connection with missing infant Katherine “Kate” Phillips, is set for January. According to 51st Circuit Court, Sean Phillips trial is set for Jan. 17-20. Phillips, 21, of Scottville,
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:54P
High court hears Phoebe Putney retaliation case
Rehberg sued Paulk for malicious prosecution, winning in the trial court and losing on circuit court appeal. The Supreme Court heard arguments from both sides on Tuesday afternoon after lawyers cited conflicting national precedents for when
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:53P
Bodmer, U.S. Witness in Azeri Bribery Case, Faces New Laundering Claims
The Bourke case is US v. Bourke, 05-cr-00518, US District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). To contact the reporter on this story: David Glovin in US District Court in New York at dglovin@bloomberg.net.
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:52P
Georgia high court to hear appeal in Forsyth assisted suicide case
By AP Georgia's highest court is set to review an appeal by four members of a suicide group charged with helping a cancer-stricken man kill himself. The Georgia Supreme Court is set to hear the arguments Monday. The four were indicted by a Forsyth
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:50P
Are big banks now in the clear for allegedly aiding Madoff?
US District Court Judge Colleen McMahon dismissed Picard's common law tort claims against JPMorgan Chase and UBS (and related defendants), finding that Picard does not have standing. Her ruling expands and reinforces a previous decision on the same
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:50P
Former reservist testifies in own defence at court martial into comrade's death
He was sentenced to four years in prison and kicked out of the military after he was found guilty of the two offences following a court marshal in 2009. That verdict was set aside last year and a new trial ordered after Mr. Wilcox's lawyers argued the
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:49P
Supreme Court Looks Again at Methods of DA's Office in Louisiana
In a concurrence, Justice John Paul Stevens called the office's violations “blatant and repeated.” Still, Mr. Connick testified in 2007 that he had seen no need to change the office's policies after the 1995 warning from the Supreme Court.
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:48P
Judge orders evaluation in Philly captive case
Entertainment News from AP By PATRICK WALTERS AP PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia judge has ordered a mental health evaluation of the alleged ringleader in what authorities describe as a Social Security fraud scheme in which mentally disabled victims
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:47P
Selebi judgment reserved
State prosecutor Gerrie Nel told the SCA in Bloemfontein there was no reason to interfere with the findings of the trial court. Last year, Selebi was sentenced to a 15-year jail term in the High Court in Johannesburg after accepting payments from
Updated: 11/02/2011 12:46P
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