Latest Trial Court News
Judge: Long Beach isn't liable in teen's shooting
The city responded to the suit with a motion for a summary judgment, which is a pretrial motion that asks the court to consider the facts and issue a decision without having to go through a full trial. "The city argued that the street was not in a
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:26A
Trial puts Islam in the dock in Canada
The ongoing court proceeding in Kingston on the multiple murders of girls, allegedly at the hands of their father, brother and mother, and a woman allegedly at the hands of her husband and stepson, are revealing the worst of human failings -- namely
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:26A
Pre-trial psychiatric tests ordered for teen
2011 10:00 PM A psychiatric assessment has been ordered for a Calgary teen facing a two-week trial starting next April 27 in the brutal beating death of her mother at a downtown Calgary apartment a year ago. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Earl
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:25A
Foster mom could face third trial
At the second trial, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Donna Read concluded that the boy's injuries could not possibly have been selfinflicted and were not accidental. "I find Mrs. Choy assaulted this child a number of times over a number of days leading
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:25A
Gloria Arroyo booked
(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) MANILA, Philippines - Police on Saturday afternoon took mugshots and fingerprints of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo while sitting on her bed at the St. Luke's Medical Center. Bucayu said that Mrs. Arroyo's
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:23A
Billings police officer pleads guilty to December 2010 DUI in Helena
During the brief Municipal Court hearing before Judge Bob Wood, Samantha Puckett said she understood that by pleading guilty to a charge of driving under the influence per se that she gave up her rights to a jury trial as well as other rights.
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:23A
Man convicted of running prostitution ring denied new trial
After 90 minutes of arguments at a hearing at the Riverside County Superior Court's Indio annex, Judge David B. Downing denied both the motion for acquittal and for a new trial. “Mr. Cole and Mr. Richards put their heart and soul into this case,” he
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:17A
Arroyo to question poll sabotage case, arrest before SC
they will file a supplemental petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to "suspend" the charges filed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) against the former President and other public officials at the Pasay City regional trial court.
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:14A
8 people sentenced for investment fraud
After five days of trial, the Dong Thap People's Court yesterday sentenced 8 defendants for appropriating over VND58 billion (US$2.76 million) from numerous people who were lured to invest in a fake financial investment network. Ly Hue Quyen, 46,
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:14A
UBS's Ex-Banker-Turned-Songbird Pressures Swiss Banks on Tax Issues
A light sentence handed down on Friday for a former top UBS private banker who became a US government informant on wealthy American tax cheats ramps up pressure on the Swiss banking
Updated: 11/19/2011 04:13A