Latest Trial Court News
Man enters plea after appeal was granted
Cormack appealed his conviction, and the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed the verdict after finding the jury was improperly instructed in the law. After the case was overturned, the trial was reset. However, Cormack entered a plea to a charge of
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:22P
Samsung Wins Early Australia Trial on Apple Claim
Australia Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett today ordered that a trial on Samsung's claims be held in March. Cupertino, California-based Apple had opposed an early trial, with its lawyer Stephen Burley saying the company needed more time to
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:22P
East Cleveland man set to die for shooting 3 sleeping sons
Brooks' attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the Ohio Supreme Court ruling but had earlier indicated that a new-trial request was pending in US District Court if the state appeal failed. A separate appeal was pending before the
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:18P
Suspect in Model Plane Plot on Pentagon, Capitol a 'Ticking Time Bomb
His lawyers are asking that he be released on bail and placed in the custody of his father until trial. Prosecutors argued during a detention hearing Monday in US District Court that he is dangerous and should remain behind bars.
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:18P
In Egypt, Fears of Mubarak's Outlawed Party, 'the Remnant,' Loom Over Vote
Mr. Mansour was acquitted initially, but the court case is not over. In court last week to defend the right of a former NDP member to run, Mr. Mansour said that he had never joined the party himself and summarized the accusations that he is a fifth
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:16P
Lawyer seeks reduced sentence for boy who admitted to strangling his brother
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 11:14P
Settlement reached in exoneree lawsuit
Phillips opted for statutory compensation instead of trial and Glasheen honored his contract, Glasheen said in 2009. Judge Ken Molberg, of the 95th District Court, ruled last month that Glasheen's work was not inconsequential.
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:13P
Crime doesn't pay in divorce court
In on particularly outrageous case, Daemore was caught offering to pay an undercover police officer $10000 to kill a witness in his drug trial. He later turned to mortgage fraud to pay the bills and admitted that he "constructed his life so as to be
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:10P
First amendment rights upheld in Orleans
The board did appeal and the trial court ruled along the same lines, but sent the insults in the check memos and hand gestures back to a judge to examine again. But Roberts' believes the judge will make the same decision she made earlier.
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:10P
Viktor Bout Trying to Overturn Conviction in Arms Plot
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 11:08P