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Conn. Supreme Court reinstates convictions of ex-teacher charged in crash that
The Appellate Court said the trial judge improperly allowed evidence showing that Coccomo transferred her half-ownership of her Stamford home to her mother for $1 several days after the accident. Prosecutors argued the evidence showed Coccomo knew she
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:34P
Yet Another Possible DOJ Lapse on Evidence-Sharing Is Disclosed
The filing says the 4th Circuit may be asked to consider “whether the district court erred in striking the testimony of two government witnesses for the late pre-trial disclosure of potential impeachment information about these witnesses.
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:33P
Jury begins deliberations in Dublin murder trial
A glove found nearby had DNA matching the defendant's as well as a small amount of DNA from another person. The State is also relying on mobile phone evidence and a feud between the Taylor and Kelly families, which it says amounts to motive.
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:32P
Tunisia rejects request to release former Libyan PM
He is the first high-level Libyan official set to be sent back for trial in the war-torn country, which had been embroiled in a bloody civil war that pushed the longtime leader from power in August. A Tunisian court decided Tuesday to extradite the
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:32P
Fraud Prosecution of Primary Global's James Fleishman Proper, U.S. Says
Fleishman's lawyer, Ethan Balogh, didn't immediately return a voice-mail message left at his office seeking comment. The case is US v. Nguyen, 11-cr-32, US District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). To contact the reporter on this
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:32P
Trial Begins In Slaying Of Former Notre Dame Homecoming Queen
Following three days of jury selection, opening arguments began Wednesday afternoon in Knox County Criminal Court in the trial of Micah Johnson, who is charged with the March 2008 killing of former Notre Dame High School homecoming queen Carrie
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:31P
DC Appeals Court Calls for Review of Jury Instruction
Fowler “would have empowered the jury to overrule the trial court's decision that his confessions were independently corroborated, and we are unwilling to adopt such a rule,” they wrote. But the appeals panel also said that they understood Weisberg's
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:27P
Man faces trial for child's murder
4 in Joshua Tree Superior Court. Prosecutors allege Joshua Kruzik, 22, inflicted injuries on 18-month-old Audrey Allen that caused her death on Nov. 20, 2010. Audrey's father, Timothy Allen, found the child in her crib, not breathing, in their home in
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:24P
Gulberg Case: SIT Asked to Submit Copy of Report
The order was issued yesterday by Special Judge BJ Dhandha, while hearing application of some of the riot victims who have demanded stay to court proceeding till the submission of the report by the SIT in trial court. Last month, the SIT had told the
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:23P
Pay Rs 1 lakh to blind school: HC to man
The public prosecutor said after the FIR was lodged by the wife, the police have already filed chargesheet in the case and the court was to soon begin his formal trial after framing of charges against the petitioner and his family members.
Updated: 11/10/2011 12:22P