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SCOV Law Blog: No peeking under the codicil
Realizing that the decision reflected an honest mistake and natural confusion around the time of the decision, the probate court had pity on the brothers and allowed them to raise the issue. Sister and administrator appealed, but the trial court agreed
Updated: 02/17/2012 10:42P
Jurors in Parker County torture trial hear taped interview
Testimony in Maxwell's trial on charges of aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping continued for a fourth day Friday in 43rd state District Court. Jurors watched interviews with Maxwell conducted March 14 and 16 in an office at the Parker County
Updated: 02/17/2012 10:36P
Three years on, investors attend Stanford trial
By Eileen O'Grady and Anna Driver | HOUSTON (Reuters) - Defense lawyers made a case for Allen Stanford's innocence on Friday in a courtroom filled with people who said he had stolen millions of dollars of their savings. Some two dozen investors were at
Updated: 02/17/2012 10:29P
Continuance trial granted for man charged with rape
LEWISTON, ID - A continuance trial was granted Thursday for a man who allegedly raped a woman in September. Thirty-one-year-old Jesse Wysong appeared in Second District Court before Judge Carl Kerrick. Defense Attorney Danny Radakovich addressed the
Updated: 02/17/2012 10:24P
APNewsBreak: Prosecutor objects to trial cameras
Advocates of television cameras and photographers inside state courtrooms view Nicholas Sheley's upcoming trial as a test of the Illinois Supreme Court's recently announced experiment with the practice. The high court said in January it would start
Updated: 02/17/2012 10:23P
Key Witness In Bridgeport Home Invasion Case Says He Told 'Truth And Lies'
In US District Court Friday, Johnson's defense attorney, Todd Bussert, attempted to use Taylor's reputation for dishonesty to discredit him during cross examination Friday of Taylor's direct testimony from the day before. Over and over again,
Updated: 02/17/2012 09:51P
1993 Mumbai serial blasts: Abu Salem off trial in two TADA cases
Salem approached the apex court against the TADA court's order of January 31, rejecting his plea for closure of his trial. He had filed the application after the Portugal Supreme Court upheld the order of a lower court there, terminating his
Updated: 02/17/2012 09:45P
Six men to stand trial in Regina on drug charges
Details of evidence presented at the hearing can't be reported because of a court-imposed publication ban. Grams will stand trial on two counts of possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking in cocaine, and possession of crime
Updated: 02/17/2012 09:05P
'Ominous tirades' alleged in insider trader case
In New York, a former employee of a California high-tech company pleaded guilty in the case Friday and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. The government said in court papers that even though the charges are "nonviolent, white-collar offenses,"
Updated: 02/17/2012 09:04P
Supreme Court ruling shifts education authority from parents to state: head
Lawyers and commentators involved in the case are calling the ruling a devastating blow for parental rights and an unprecedented victory for the state's authority over the education of children; however, they also emphasize that the court has not
Updated: 02/17/2012 08:56P
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