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FOX5 Vegas - KVVULawyer: Toss Ark. murder conviction due to tweets
Erickson Dimas-Martinez's lawyer told justices the juror was tweeting during her client's 2010 trial for the slaying of Derrick Jefferson, despite the judge's instruction to not to post on the Internet or otherwise or communicate with anyone about the
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:20P
Connecticut court upholds acquitted police officer's $460K award
By Anonymous AP The state Supreme Court has upheld a $460000 award for a former Hartford police officer who was arrested and fired after a 2003 non-fatal shooting for which he was later acquitted. A trial court judge had ordered the city to pay Robert
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:18P
Lawyer wants Arkansas murder conviction tossed due to juror tweets
Erickson Dimas-Martinez's lawyer told justices the juror was tweeting during her client's 2010 trial for the slaying of Derrick Jefferson, despite the judge's instruction to not to post on the Internet or otherwise or communicate with anyone about the
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:18P
WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderLawyer: Toss Ark. murder conviction due to tweets
Attorney Janice Vaughn told the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday that the juror was tweeting during Erickson Dimas-Martinez's 2010 trial for the slaying of Derrick Jefferson, despite the judge's instruction to not to post on the Internet or otherwise
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:18P
Jury chosen in Two Harbors school bus driver's trial on sex assault charges
Jimmy Jerome James, 63, of Two Harbors is charged in St. Louis County District Court with five counts of criminal sexual conduct for allegedly molesting five students between the ages of 6 and 10 between December 2009 and April 2010.
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:18P
Jury selection begins in sexual abuse case
Jimmy Jerome James, 63, of Two Harbors is charged in St. Louis County District Court with five counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct for allegedly molesting five students between the ages of 6 and 10. He's been free on $100000 bond.
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:18P
Rambus Loses Antitrust Case, Stock Plummets
The suit, filed in May of 2004 in the California Superior Court, had accused Hynix and Micron of illegally fixing the price of Rambus' RDRAM memory technology at "unnaturally" high levels in an effort to eliminate competition in the marketplace.
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:17P
State High Court: Prop. 8 Backers Can Defend Measure
Lawyers for the two gay couples who successfully sued to overturn the ban in the lower court have argued that if the ban's backers did not have the right to appeal, the trial judge's decision would stand and same-sex marriages would be legal in
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:17P
Prop 8 Backers Can Defend Themselves in Court
"The inability of the official proponents of an initiative measure to appeal a trial court judgment invalidating the measure, when the public officials who ordinarily would file such an appeal decline to do so, would significantly undermine the
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:15P
Lawyer for Ark. death row inmate says failure to toss tweeting juror should
Erickson Dimas-Martinez's lawyer told justices the juror was tweeting during her client's 2010 trial for the slaying of Derrick Jefferson, despite the judge's instruction to not to post on the Internet or otherwise or communicate with anyone about the
Updated: 11/17/2011 02:12P