Latest Trial Court News
Facebook identity theft case can go to trial, NJ judge says
Roberts is a prominent criminal defense lawyer whose past career as an Essex County detective and assistant prosecutor was portrayed in the 2007 film “American Gangster.” He told the judge that before a person can be charged in New Jersey with using
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:07P
Bogus President's men charged
MANILA, Philippines – Twenty-one people have been charged in court in connection with the “dubious” organization posing to be under the Office of the President. Superintendent Audie Madrideo, commander of the Quezon City Police District-Station2,
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:06P
Judge denies disruptive defendant counsel
Snohomish County Superior Court Judge David Kurtz, citing case law, ruled Joshua Monson has forfeited the right to representation by counsel because of his behavior in the courtroom, The Everett (Wash.) Daily Herald reported. The judge's decision came
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:05P
The stupidity defense
(He did declare the income on his taxes.) The absence of a dispute about Mr. Currie's failure to disclose a conflict of interest has left his lawyers with what amounts to a stupidity defense. It has consisted of character witnesses who have testified
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:05P
Victims testify in Niles sex scandal trial
He said that even though he was a close friend of Washington he couldn't say that because it was a false statement. Washington's trial will continue on Thursday. In court, Judge Scott Schofield estimated that on Thursday both sides may finish laying
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:03P
21 Office of the President name-droppers charged
commander of the Quezon City Police District-Station 2, said the 21 "officers" of the group calling itself Presidential Regional Assistance Monitoring Services or PRAMS were charged before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:03P
Schaeffer Cox Juror Arrested on Weapons Charge at Alaska Border
An online forum participant by the same name as Morgan has written at length about the recent court case against Cox in the online forums of the Alaska Citizens Militia. In one February post about a Schaeffer Cox relief fund, she described driving to
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:02P
Spot-fixing: Court to pronounce sentence to Pak's tainted trio today
Majeed, 36, admitted conspiracy to cheat and to obtain and accept corrupt payments during a pre-trial hearing in September but that fact could not be reported till today due to court restrictions. Butt, through his lawyer, sought leniency on the ground
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:02P
Jury hears dispatcher's recording of shots in double murder trial
"I'm just glad I kept the recording up and left the line open," she added, because that created evidence for the court case. The courthouse seats were filled with a couple dozen family members and friends of the victims as the trial continued Wednesday
Updated: 11/02/2011 10:01P
Murder defendant testifies at trial (+Affidavit)
Aaron Lee Evans told the 238th Judicial District Court that he considered Jeffery Edwards to be like his own brother and that when they got into a fight on Feb. 12 at his mother Vickie's home, he used the kitchen knife only as a weapon to defend
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:57P