Latest Trial Court News
Adam Baker case continued in Caldwell, may go to grand jury
If charges are presented to the grand jury, they would be moved from district court to superior court. Pearce said his client was prepared to go to trial on Thursday for the misdemeanor counts, which include communicating threats and assault.
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:13A
Couple cleared of fiddling research
Britain's first gay surrogate parents, from Essex, have walked free from court after the collapse of their trial on charges that they fiddled data for their medical research company. Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 42, and his partner Tony, 47, said they were
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:12A
Michael Jackson trial: Closing arguments to begin Thursday (Live video)
Before listening to arguments by prosecutors and defense attorneys, Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor will give jurors detailed instructions on how they should interpret evidence in the case and what they can and cannot consider.
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:12A
Commission bribe case goes to trial
This prompted Superior Court Judge Carl Brown to rule that a plea wasn't applicable in the case. Assistant District Attorney Adam King said that in August 2009, Fry, a local lawyer, offered city commissioners Alvin Mason and Corey Johnson a share of
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:10A
Insurance company seeks to derail depositions in Nose Doctor case
The court-ordered depositions were to have taken place by Thursday. Anthem filed its motion to quash the depositions at 4:08 pm Wednesday, according to court filings. The company argues in part that it gained standing in the case by Weinberger's recent
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:10A
Family murder trial delayed indefinitely after one of the accused becomes ill
When the trial stopped for the day Wednesday, the jury had watched about two-thirds of a six-hour interrogation video of Yahya. She sobs loudly for several minutes while looking at pictures of her children, holding them to her face. In court Shafia
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:10A
Guilty verdict after rape retrial
A Hawera man has been found guilty of raping a very drunk 18-year-old woman in a churchyard after a retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal. In the first trial, in the New Plymouth District Court in September last year, Judge Allan Roberts discharged
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:09A
man accused of imprisoning woman
Mr English declined to say anything in response to the charges, or call any witnesses during a preliminary enquiry hearing. District Judge Fiona Bagnall granted a prosecution application to have him returned for Crown Court trial on a date to be fixed.
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:09A
Pre-Trial Motions Filed in Huguely Murder Case
They don't want certain photos used during the trial including those of Love's bedroom, of Love's body and resuscitation efforts. Huguely's lawyers are also fighting the request to have cameras in court. They want potential jurors to answer a
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:09A
Russian court finds Jehovah's Witness leader guilty of extremism
The branch of the group in Moscow was banned by a district court in 2004, but the European Court of Human Rights overturned the decision and said it was illegal. Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian Christian group that does not believe in the Trinity.
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:08A