Latest Trial Court News
Prison comfort
The high court order to move the 2G spectrum trial from the Patiala House courts to the Tihar Jail Court Complex dropped like a bomb on many of the accused - and their relatives - who had settled into a comfortable routine at the centrally-located
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:01A
Butt, Aamer lose appeals
The pair were not present at the Court of Appeal in London for the hearing before Lord Judge, the head of the English judiciary, and two other judges. They dismissed the appeals in which Butt's lawyer argued that the former skipper's sentence was
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:01A
Gibraltar man fit for trial in neighbor's killing
A 52-year-old Gibraltar man accused of dismembering his neighbor has been found competent to stand trial. James Bommer waived his right to a preliminary exam Wednesday and was bound over to Wayne County Circuit Court on
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:00A
Racking of shotgun in court didn't taint Sam Riddle trial, panel of judges rules
Waters said the case also was driven by politics because of Riddle's role in Detroit municipal scandals. Riddle, 65, was given the mandatory two-year sentence for possession of a firearm in the commission of felony and probation for the assault.
Updated: 11/24/2011 02:00A
2G Case: Kanimozhi moves Delhi HC for bail
The accused moved the High Court to quash the November 3 order of the Special CBI court denying them bail. In her bail plea, Kanimozhi's counsel Altaf Ahmed told the High Court how the trial court had erred by ignoring Central Bureau of Investigation's
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:57A
No plea bargain in hit-and-run case
The Union County Superior Court will not present a plea bargain to the Nutley driver accused of fatally striking a Belleville woman and fleeing the scene last September, a Civil Division official reported last Wednesday. The case against Cruz has gone
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:54A
Aquino hits critics, vows to speed cases vs. Arroyo
The Palace is also pushing Arroyo's doctors to testify and prove that her condition is life-threatening in the two cases pending before the Supreme Court and a Pasay City regional trial court. “These past few days, baseless criticisms and falsehoods
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:51A
Distorted priorities
Southern Police District officers say it was authentic, but Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and Philippine National Police Chief Nicanor Bartolome say it is not. The Pasay City Regional Trial Court denies the
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:51A
Trial date for 'race attack' brothers
The brothers, 25-year-old Jean-Pierre du Plooy and 21-year-old Nicholas du Plooy, will go on trial in the Pietermaritzburg District Court on March 20 next year. They face charges of assault and crimen injuria. The state alleges that the brothers,
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:50A
P7.2-m bail set for receipts faker
A city hall staff has been ordered to post a P7.2 million bail for 300 counts of falsification of public documents filed against her before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. Nerissa Bondame, former miscellaneous fees collector of the Treasury
Updated: 11/24/2011 01:50A