Latest Trial Court News
Self-help guru gets multiple years in sweat lodge deaths
James Arthur Ray was sentenced to prison on three counts of negligent homicide in the sweat-lodge trial. He was sentenced four days before his 54th birthday. By Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic Self-help author James Arthur Ray asks forgiveness
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:13P
Judge delays Dimora-Forlani trial scheduled for Dec. 12
Court records show Lioi granted the continuance Friday and "declared the case complex, finding that the ends of justice served by the motion for continuance outweigh the best interest of the public and defendants in a speedy trial, because failure to
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:13P
Bail reduced for 4 in kenneled kids case
Bail was reduced from $50000 each to $25000, and all four had their cases bound over for trial in Lincoln County District Court on Thursday. The boys' mother, Ashly Clark, and three others — Lacy Beyer, Bryson Eyten and Samantha Eyten — are each
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:13P
Inquiry on new charges against pedophile set for May
A Nova Scotia Legal Aid lawyer appeared in Halifax provincial court this week on behalf of Payne and elected trial by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge alone. A preliminary inquiry, to determine if there is sufficient evidence against Payne to go to
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:12P
Judge denies state, defense requests in Waller trial
In court Friday, the prosecution expressed concern Waller may be sentenced and imprisoned outside Missouri, complicating the future of their prospective case against him relating to his wife's disappearance. If you have any information regarding the
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:09P
Exotic dancers sue over exotic compensation schemes
Four phone-book-sized volumes of pretrial pleadings, affidavits and discovered evidence give a preview of arguments US District Court Judge Timothy Burgess will be hearing in his courtroom in January. Burgess, in a 45-page order issued in September,
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:09P
Trial of bomb suspects halted
The bomb suspects leave the court premises for Luzira Prison after the High Court yesterday halted their trial pending the determination of their concerns by the Constitutional Court. PHOTO BY ANTHONY WESAKA. By ANTHONY WESAKA (email the author) This
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:08P
Mass. man wants new trial in Obama-inspired fire
A lawyer for Michael Jacques (JAKES) has filed a motion for a new trial in federal court in Springfield. Attorney Lori Levinson says new evidence found on Jacques' family's home computer shows he uploaded a photograph onto his personal MySpace account
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:06P
Census numbers bring change for Pinal Superior Court judges
Merit selection requires that a commission on trial court appointments, headed by the chief justice and made up of five attorneys and the two citizens from each supervisor's district, analyze judicial candidates and recommend at least three to the
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:06P
Man wants new trial in Obama-inspired Springfield fire
A lawyer for Michael Jacques has filed a motion for a new trial in federal court in Springfield. Attorney Lori Levinson says new evidence found on Jacques' family's home computer shows he uploaded a photograph onto his personal MySpace [website]
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:04P