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Sentencing to begin for choking case
It took jurors about three-and-a-half hours Monday to reach the verdict, court officials said. The sentencing phase of the trial will begin today in the 142nd District Court. A third-degree felony carries a punishment of two to 10 years in prison.
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:27P
Trial begins in Paris Hamilton death
Now, two and a half years after that drive-by shooting, those responsible are heading to trial. Monday, about 130 potential jurors filled the criminal court complex in Clearwater. Lawyers will continue narrowing down the group Tuesday.
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:24P
Taxi driver Satpal Singh Dhaliwal allegedly assaulted passenger, 18, after she
A Brisbane District Court jury was told Satpal Singh Dhaliwal allegedly assaulted the passenger after taking her and a female friend from the Regatta Hotel to her home at Mt Ommaney, 15km southwest of Brisbane, in the early hours of January 6 this year
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:22P
Russian Seeks Retrial in Arms Case, Citing a Juror and a Nicolas Cage Film
A lawyer for Viktor Bout, the Russian businessman convicted in a plot to sell weapons to Colombian terrorists, has asked a federal judge to overturn the verdict and hold a new trial because one of the jurors may have been unduly
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:22P
Michael Moldaver's climb to top court had blue-collar beginnings
“He had a very high, almost romantic notion of a criminal defence lawyer,” Greenspan remembers, confirming something Moldaver himself has said — that Moldaver only accepted clients he believed were innocent, a very unorthodox practice in criminal law.
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:20P
Scott Guy murder pre-trial hearing
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 driveway of his rural home
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:19P
Norway killer tells court he's resistance leader
The court extended his custody 12 more weeks until Feb. 6, but decided to gradually lift the restrictions on his media access, visitors and mail. Breivik is being held pending his trial on terror charges. At the end of Monday's hearing, the 32-year-old
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:18P
Shrien Dewani High Court appeal date set
Two other men, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, 25, and Xolile Mngeni, 23, are also charged with murder, as well as kidnapping and robbery with aggravating circumstances and will go on trial at the Western Cape High Court next year. Mr Dewani, who is said to be
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:17P
Jury finds City of Alton not negligent in week-long civil trial; Plaintiff had
Adelsbach sustained near fatal injuries and was in a coma for 31 days following an accident in Alton in 2003, in which the other driver, John Calvin Riddlespriger, fled the scene. Adelsbach's attorney Larry Amoni asked the jury for $15279614 in damages
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:17P
Suswam/Akpabio: S'Court Orders Fresh Hearing of ACN's Petitions
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who headed the five-man panel of justices for the two appeals, criticised judges who sacrificed substantial justice on the alter of technicalities. The Court of Appeal in Markudi had
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:15P
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