Latest Trial Court News
Camden man accused of pushing wife off cliff expected to go to trial in March 2012
At a hearing in Knox County Superior Court on Wednesday, Justice Jeffrey Hjelm decided to move the trial date from late fall to early spring. Charles Reed Black's attorney also asked that Black, who is out on bail, be able to take a trip to Kansas City
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:23P
31 get life term in Gujarat riot case
In all 76 accused were arrested out of whom two died during the pendency of trial, while one was juvenile, against whom trial was on in juvenile court. The court had framed charges against 73 accused in June 2009 and initiated trial in the case.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:22P
Video: 9-year-old designated driver
A judge is holding a hearing to determine if Weimer will go to trial. If a judge determines there is enough evidence to go to trial, Weimer will be bound over to circuit court. Weimer can also waive his right to a preliminary hearing and the case will
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:22P
Post-Godhra killers get life sentence
The court ordered the 31 people, who were given the benefit of doubt, to submit a solvency bond of Rs 25000 each and directed them not to leave country without its permission. “This is a historic success. Never before in the history of the trial of
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:20P
Former MEM board chair Doug Morgan dies
He had been scheduled to be in court today to determine whether he was too sick to go to trial on charges of bank and wire fraud, his lawyer said. Relatives found Morgan, 65, unresponsive. Morgan lawyer Will Goldstein told US District Judge Catherine
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:19P
State drops case against US polygamist sect leader
Warren Jeffs had been found guilty of rape by accomplice — a 2007 conviction that was overturned last year by the Utah Supreme Court, which cited improper jury instructions by the trial judge. "As a result of the conviction in Texas, we decided not to
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:18P
Federal prosecutors push for custody of RI inmate
In a 2-1 decision last month, the court ruled that Chafee could keep Pleau in state custody. Neronha wants Pleau to stand trial in federal court, where he may face the death penalty. Photo Courtesy WPRI . com.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:18P
Mom suspected of kids' deaths appears
The trial of a Northern Cape mother accused of killing her five children was postponed in the Pampierstad Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, provincial police said. Venolia Siwa, 35, would appear in court again on November 15 for a bail application,
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:18P
To Cain and Disable
“In this case, the sexual harassment issue was a smoke screen, cynically exploited to serve another issue, abortion rights. Although I am firmly pro-choice, I think there should be no single-issue litmus test for nominees to the Supreme Court.
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:15P
Ex-mayor released on bail
Former Rustenburg mayor Matthew Wolmarans was released on R50,000 bail by the local magistrate's court on Wednesday, North West police said. The pre-trial date for the murder charge he faces was set for February 1 next year, Captain Elsabe Augoustides
Updated: 11/09/2011 03:12P