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Court delays redistricting trial to work on interim maps
A panel of three federal judges in San Antonio announced Thursday they would postpone a trial over the redistricting plan for the Texas Senate so they can focus on developing interim redistricting maps for the 2012 election.
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:48P
Alleged MS-13 gangmember pleads guilty to possession gun used in Daly City murder
One of two alleged MS-13 gang members who went on trial in federal court in San Francisco last month has pleaded guilty to seven charges, including possessing the gun used in a shooting murder near the Daly City BART station in 2009.
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:46P
Defense argues judge erred in Carol Berner drunk-driving conviction
She was sentenced to 30 months in jail but was released on bail pending her appeal, which opened Thursday in the BC Court of Appeal. David Tarnow, a lawyer for Berner, said the trial judge, Provincial Court Judge Peder Gulbransen, erred when he failed
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:42P
Leland man sentenced on federal drug charge
WILMINGTON | Bradley Maurice James, of Leland, was sentenced in US district court Thursday to 10 years and three months in federal prison. James was convicted at trial July 20 of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime and
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:40P
Court: No new trial in shooting death of Palmer police officer
by Becky Bohrer / AP JUNEAU, Alaska - The state appeals court says a man convicted in the 1999 shooting death of a Palmer police officer is not entitled to a new trial. The panel's decision Thursday reverses a lower court ruling in which a judge found
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:40P
First-degree murder trial date set for fatal stabbing outside Night Owl Lounge
Weber, who was released on $100000 bond on Oct. 26, 2010, appeared in Broomfield District Court Thursday, when the date for his trial was set. He is scheduled to appear again at 9 am on March 16 for a motions hearing in his case in advance of the April
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:40P
Merrillville settles with man who accused police of violating rights
According to papers filed in the US District Court in Hammond, Chester Miller and Merrillville have agreed to pay their own legal fees in the case. The papers say the two sides have reached a settlement but say nothing about if any terms were actually
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:39P
Wiretaps played at family murder trial
Their bodies were found June 30, 2009, and court has heard police quickly became suspicious of the family, so they put listening devices in their car and their home. A wiretap recorded July 18, 2009, in their car was played for the jury today,
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:39P
Case continued: Newborn murder trial moved to March 2012
In the case of Christopher Fitzpatrick and Jennifer Barrise, the couple from Lake Ariel charged with murdering their newborn daughter this past May, the trial has been moved to “the March term of court,” says District Attorney Michael
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:34P
Ex-Senator Fumo re-sentenced to 61 months
US District Judge Ronald Buckwalter recalculated the sentenced Thursday. The Philadelphia Democrat faced about 20 years under federal guidelines at his 2009 sentencing, but a judge initially sentenced Fumo to 4½ years. A federal appeals court threw out
Updated: 11/10/2011 05:30P
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