Latest Trial Court News

Preliminary hearing set in murder trial
By Kent Bush Jacob Allen Hoyt and Lyndsey Renee Giovinazzo will appear in court for their preliminary hearing on April 11 for the murder of Augusta resident Loyce Cody. The date was set Thursday afternoon in Butler County District Court.
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:27P

Dental Implant Institute of Arcadia Files Suit Against Neoss, Inc.
Pettibone & Associates seek to hold Neoss, Inc. accountable on behalf of the Dental Implant Institute of Arcadia (Los Angeles Superior Court Case Number BC 476912). The Dental Implant Institute of Arcadia files a lawsuit against Neoss, Inc. for product
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:26P

Prosecution rests in Jimmy Dimora corruption trial
The defense is expected to start presenting their case Tuesday. Procedural matters will be handled Friday. Thursday, testimony began about an hour and 45 minutes later than usual. Jurors are typically called into court close to 8:30AM each morning,
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:24P

Churches-in-NY-Schools Controversy Takes Another Surprise Turn
The Supreme Court surprised many in declining to hear the appeal of the Bronx Household of Faith, leaving the 2nd Circuit's ruling in place. Now, the same trial court judge that got the ball rolling - whose initial ruling the Appeals Court overturned
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:22P

Facebook, Google get interim relief
By RIDHIMA MALHOTRA Google India and Facebook India were on Thursday provided interim relief by the Delhi high court which exempted their executives from personally appearing before the trial court to face criminal proceedings in a case of alleged
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:21P

The Crown Case Kicks Off Against the Urewera 4
Because no one was charged with terrorism offences under the Terrorism Support Act, the intercepted evidence gathered by the police could not then be used in any court case. Instead police charged 16 of the people arrested with various Arms Act
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:17P

Involuntary manslaughter trial scheduled for Elgin man in death of teen
The trial of an Elgin man charged in the July shooting death of an 18-year-old in Elgin is scheduled to begin May 10 in Cook County Circuit Court, prosecutors said today. Donald Rattanavong, 58, of the 800 block of Arthur Drive, Elgin, faces charges of
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:17P

THERE WILL BE BLOOD: California Penal Code Lodging 647(e) VERSUS The First
After all, if one is NOT up, at night when outside, one is a criminal by definition. And the Lodging law used here in Santa Cruz County was passed to give a sponge to the state's police: a "tool" to apprehend the meandering person before she stumbles
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:16P

Lawyer Rudolph LePore sentenced in jail-escape case
After 50 years of law practice, Rudolph “Rudy” LePore faced the court today from an unusual vantage — that of a criminal defendant. County Court Judge James Piampiano sentenced LePore to five years of probation for smuggling a cellphone into the jail,
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:16P

Lawyer Rudolph LePore sentenced in jail-escape case
After 50 years of law practice, Rudolph “Rudy” LePore faced the court today from an unusual vantage — that of a criminal defendant. County Court Judge James Piampiano sentenced LePore to five years of probation for smuggling a cellphone into the jail,
Updated: 02/16/2012 04:16P