Latest Trial Court News
Parking meter thief jailed for stealing $145k
By court reporter Josef Andelman, 48, pleaded not guilty to 85 charges of theft and was convicted at trial earlier this month. He was found with almost $145000 of revenue stolen from Melbourne City Council between 2007 and 2008.
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:39P
No verdict in affair murder trial
The trial has been held over the past two weeks at the High Court in Auckland in front of Justice Christopher Allan and a jury of seven men and five women. The attack allegedly occurred after Aiono was told about an affair between his wife, Tausilia,
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:37P
Scott Guy murder pre-trial hearing held
Photo / Mark Mitchell A judge in the High Court at Wellington has reserved his decision on whether the trial of the man accused of murdering Feilding dairy farmer Scott Guy should be moved from Palmerston North. Mr Guy, 31, was gunned down in the
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:35P
13-yr old denies restaurant rape
Chief Magistrate Carla Guenthner of Hamilton County Juvenile Court says the boy denied the charge Saturday at a Cincinnati hearing. The boy is in juvenile detention awaiting a Nov. 22 trial. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Barnett says the alleged assault
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:32P
Lawyer: Indiana teen who killed brother mentally ill
and if we don't give him a life sentence he might come out and kill again,' ” defense lawyer Leanna Weissmann told the Indiana Supreme Court. Andrew Conley, 19, was sentenced in October 2010 after pleading guilty on the day his trial was to begin.
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:28P
Jurors to decide if St. Paul priest's sex with parishioner was a crime
Those two versions of the relationship between Roman Catholic priest Christopher Thomas Wenthe and one of his parishioners at a St. Paul church were presented today in closing arguments at a Ramsey County District Court trial. At stake: whether Wenthe
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:27P
Final, appealable orders
As Justice Yvette McGee Brown wrote in our majority opinion, “Orders granting and denying disqualification of counsel differ in two key respects. First, an order granting disqualification immediately and definitely affects the party it deprives of
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:27P
Son implored not to commit suicide, trial hears
Police also received permission to tap Hamed's cell phone, the third source of the surveillance recordings heard in court. Jurors got to hear yesterday the full conversations between the Shafias that were alluded to in the Crown's opening statements on
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:27P
Tale of death that took 'painful eternity' opens right-to-die case
Ms. Taylor, who befriended Mr. Fenker in an ALS support group, was not in court, but is expected to appear Dec. 1. “It was important … for the court to hear … the human side of this case because the court's going to hear a lot of expert evidence … but
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:24P
PCB officer's DUI charge dismissed
Defense counsel announced ready for trial. No one appeared on behalf of the State. Local prosecutors were present to handle other cases on the docket. Defense counsel requested a dismissal. The Court asked the local prosecutor to determine if someone
Updated: 11/14/2011 08:24P