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Suisun slaying suspect's trial to begin
Despite his occasionally bizarre courtroom behavior and state hospital stays, Pantoja has pleaded not guilty and been subject to two jury trials in which both juries found him mentally competent for court. Last month, doctors' reports from Atascadero
Updated: 03/03/2012 04:14A
State asks appellate court to review new trials order in torture-slayings
The Tennessee Attorney General's Office confirmed Friday it will ask the state Court of Criminal Appeals to put on hold new trials already awarded in the wake of revelations that former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner was himself a
Updated: 03/03/2012 04:11A
Guantnamo plea deal signals new trial strategy
But the case of Khan is following a far different script that sources say is taking a page from the federal court system: His sentencing hearing will come much later—after four years of testimony in other war court trials—at which time his lawyers can
Updated: 03/03/2012 04:09A
Small claims court brings big wins for consumers
Companies are actually encouraging consumers to take their gripes to small claims courts. A clause in AT&T's contract, for instance, forbids customers from pursuing a jury trial or a class action. It points them instead to small claims court or
Updated: 03/03/2012 04:09A
Chambersburg man set for June trial in 2010 death of son
By JIM TUTTLE A seven-day jury trial is still on track to begin June 4 for a Chambersburg man charged in the October 2010 shooting death of his son. Jerry Rowe appeared Friday in court for a pretrial conference before Judge Douglas Herman.
Updated: 03/03/2012 04:05A
Small claims could become big headache for companies
Heather Peters, who says her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid never achieved the gas mileage Honda claimed in its advertising, pleads her case in Small Claims Court in Torrrance, Calif. / AP/REED SAXON Associated Press NEW YORK -- If you feel cheated by a big
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:52A
Court frames charges against 4 Kashmiris
New Delhi: Charges were today framed against four Kashmiris, arrested for allegedly running hawala racket to fund militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir Valley, by a Delhi court, paving the way for their trial. District Judge HS Sharma framed
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:50A
Judges brew a storm around appeals court head who interfered in NGO case
Judges in the Cairo Appeals Court are in the throws of organising a general assembly to address the direct interference of one of its judges in the NGO trial. Mysteriously, the travel ban was lifted against foreign NGO workers accused of operating
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:47A
Court frames charges against Geelani's aide
a close aide of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others, arrested for allegedly running hawala racket to fund banned terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir Valley, by a Delhi court, paving the way for their trial.
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:45A
Father and son sentenced in NSA fraud scheme
US District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett also ordered the elder Turley to pay a $100000 fine and for the father and son to pay $247631 in restitution. Turley, owner of Upper Marlboro-based Bechdon Company, and his son, program manager for the company
Updated: 03/03/2012 03:39A
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