Latest Trial Court News

SC throws monkey wrench at prosecution's case
by RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court has thrown a monkey wrench at the House prosecution panel's efforts to gather evidence in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Prosecutors said the High Court's
Updated: 02/17/2012 04:06A

Judge faces inquiry on wrongful conviction
Morton, 57, spent 24 years in prison before new DNA testing showed he didn't kill his wife, Christine, who was beaten to death in the couple's bed on Aug. 13, 1986. He was freed in October. Morton's legal team accuses Anderson, the case's lead
Updated: 02/17/2012 02:52A

Fort Worth judge to lead court of inquiry in prosecutorial misconduct case
By Brandi Grissom State District Judge Louis Sturns of Tarrant County will lead a court of inquiry into complaints of prosecutorial misconduct against former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson, who won a murder conviction in 1987 against a
Updated: 02/16/2012 11:29P

Officer details huts found in Te Urewera National Park
Tame Iti, Te Rangikaiwhiria Kemara, Urs Signer and Emily Bailer are on trial charged with participating in an organised criminal group and with unlawful possession of firearms and restricted weapons. Detective Adam Eltham told the court on Friday that
Updated: 02/16/2012 11:18P

Mackowiak's recorded confession played in court
Nearing the completion of their case, La Salle County prosecutors called their last scheduled witness to the stand Thursday afternoon in the trial of accused murderer Keith Mackowiak. Sheriff's office investigator David Guinnee, a 36-year local law
Updated: 02/16/2012 11:07P

Trial Set for Former Deputy
During a hearing Thursday, Kern's attorney asked that the trial be pushed back because a witness was ill, but the motion was denied. Kern's trial will begin March 5 in US District Court in Benton. William Kern, Kern's husband and son of Pulaski County
Updated: 02/16/2012 10:58P

Russian Faces Extradition
He was alleged to be on trial by the Mozodoskiy District Court of the Republic of Russia sometime in July 2006, and has since then been on the hide out in Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding by
Updated: 02/16/2012 10:56P

Arkansas Attorney General heading to U.S. Supreme Court
State Attorney General Dustin McDaniel will deliver an argument next week, hoping to retry a 2007 Little Rock murder case. It's been at least 15 years since Arkansas saw its top prosecutor go before the US Supreme Court. McDaniel will appear before the
Updated: 02/16/2012 10:50P

Court refuses to stay summons against Google, Facebook
Justice Suresh Kait offered relief to the representatives of the two companies and exempted them from attending the hearing in the lower court March 13. The high court would next hear the case May 3. The court's direction came on a plea filed by
Updated: 02/16/2012 10:50P

Man jailed over Sydney woman's death
By court reporter Jamelle Wells A Sydney man has been jailed for at least four and a half years over the death of a woman whose remains were found in a shallow bush grave. Cameron Scott and Michael Widmer stood trial for the murder of Melloney
Updated: 02/16/2012 10:48P