Latest Trial Court News
Baby was in a coma when arrived at the IWK, court hears
The baby's father, Ashiqur Rahman, 25, is standing trial on charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault in her death. Dr. Brian Norman told the court that when he first saw the baby, she was suffering from severe brain damage.
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:22P
Jail Time For Teen in Texting While Driving Case
Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Bradford DeMeo ordered 19-year-old Kaitlyn Dunaway to serve five days of her term in custody starting Dec. 27 and 115 days under electronic home confinement beginning Jan. 27. He also ordered the Sonoma State
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:21P
Crown to seek 4-6 month jail term in Mary Wagner case
Representing herself, Wagner made an appearance at College Park this past Monday in connection with her arrest at the Bloor West Village “Women's Clinic” abortion site on November 8. She had refused bail conditions set during a previous court
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:20P
Murder accused admitted break-in
A man accused of murdering an elderly woman in a violent home invasion conceded he broke into the house on the day of the attack, a court has heard. Olinale Ah You, 32, is on trial for the murder of Yan Ping Yang at the High Court in Auckland.
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:18P
Split verdict returned in'Batman's" trial
Hinds County Circuit Court jurors convicted Albert “Batman” Donelson of aggravated assault but acquitted him of robbery and found a co-defendant guilty of a lesser charge and not guilty of robbery after deliberating for about two hours this evening.
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:18P
Selena Gomez stalking case gets dismissed
"We strenuously objected" to the dismissal, district attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said. She said Superior Court Judge Edmund Willcox Clarke Jr ruled Brodnicki "did not have the intent to cause fear". Gibbons said the office is evaluating its
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:16P
Mullinville man sentenced in wife's death
KAKE-TV reports that Ralstin was sentenced Wednesday in Kiowa County District Court to 13 years and nine months behind bars. Thirty-five-year-old Bobbie Jo Ralstin was shot six times on Nov. 9, 2009, as she sat in a vehicle in the yard of couple's home
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:16P
Bender: Ouster of panel chief was abuse of power
The primary purpose of the 2000 amendment was unquestionably to preclude the Legislature, the governor, and partisan politics generally, from making or influencing redistricting decisions. What then is the basis for the governor's and the Senate's
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:13P
North Carolina Court: Felons Can Own Guns
State (NC 2009), which held the same on similar facts; a North Carolina trial court decision from last month, Johnston v. State, held the same under the Second Amendment, and People v. Dewitt (Colo. Ct. App. 2011) seemed to secure an even broader right
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:13P
Trial set to begin in 2007 deaths, beating of OC family members
Two men are scheduled to stand trial Thursday for their alleged roles in a 2007 revenge-murder and attempted-murder conspiracy involving three members of an Anaheim Hills family. Jaypraykash Dhanak, 56, and his daughter, Karishma Dhanak, 20,
Updated: 11/16/2011 09:11P