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Intoxication can reduce murder to manslaughter, warns judge
The judge in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has told the jury that there are circumstances in which intoxication can reduce murder to manslaughter. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said that alcohol or drugs were no defence if their only
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:29P
Judge rejects SEC-Citigroup agreement
The SEC allowed the consent judgment settling the case to be filed the same day it filed its lawsuit against Citigroup, the judge noted. "It is harder to discern from the limited information before the court what the SEC is getting from this settlement
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:28P
Court delays AT&T merger hearing
Judge Ellen Huvelle, who is hearing the case, said in a brief order that she was putting off a hearing set for Wednesday until December 9 "due to the court's scheduling conflict." AT&T has been pressing for a quick trial to resolve the Justice
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:27P
Judge rejects $285 million SEC-Citigroup agreement
The SEC allowed the consent judgment settling the case to be filed the same day it filed its lawsuit against Citigroup, the judge noted. "It is harder to discern from the limited information before the court what the SEC is getting from this settlement
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:26P
Killer yells in court: 'I'm innocent'
Jason Russell Richardson sits amidst his defense team during an earlier trial. On Monday, Richardson sat surrounded by sheriffs deputies as he interrupted a tearful and eloquent victim-impact statement from AJ Egan, the victim's widow, and shouted,
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:25P
No drugs, alcohol found in bodies of drowning victims, 'honour killings' trial
tissues as graphic autopsy photographs of the victims were shown to their murder-trial jury. The third defendant, the mother of the three sisters found drowned in a Kingston-area lock on the Rideau Canal, was at her request absent from the court.
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:25P
Trial makes Berlusconi sleepy
a trial that will have no judicial outcome since it will expire in February" under a statute of limitations, Berlusconi said. Mills has already been convicted and sentenced in absentia for receiving the bribe, although the highest appeals court in
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:25P
Sentencing Again Delayed for Teacher Convicted in Sexual Abuse
16 th Circuit Court Judge John A. Barsanti and Nemura Pencyla, Kendall County assistant state's attorney, agreed to the extension, giving Wechter until Jan. 5 to ready himself for a post-trial hearing and possible sentencing. At the Jan.
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:25P
Fatal crash case: Statements ruled admissible
Court Judge Nick St. Peter has overruled a defense motion to suppress statements made by second-degree murder suspect Kyndal Orange. The judge ruled that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily made statements to an investigator, county attorney Chris
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:24P
Judge strikes down $285M Citigroup settlement with SEC over mortgage investment
The SEC allowed the consent judgment settling the case to be filed the same day it filed its lawsuit against Citigroup, the judge noted. "It is harder to discern from the limited information before the court what the SEC is getting from this settlement
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:23P
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