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Disbarred elderly Rockland lawyer sentenced in scheme to steal clients' funds
NEW CITY – An 82-year-old disbarred attorney from Orangeburg has been sentenced to five years of probation after he was convicted in a Rockland County Court bench trial convicted him of second-degree grand larceny as a felony.
Updated: 03/03/2012 07:15A
Topless coffee shop arsonist will be sentenced this month
"Obviously, we are pleased to get the decision and agree with Justice Murphy's analysis in the case and are anxious to proceed to sentencing," said acting District Attorney Alan Kelley, who was the prosecutor at the trial.
Updated: 03/03/2012 07:14A
Burden of proof
Photo: AFP To supporters of the death penalty, the possibility of a fatal miscarriage of justice is negligible. Conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has asserted that there has not been ''a single case - not one - in which it is clear that
Updated: 03/03/2012 07:02A
BP Reaches $7.8 Billion Deal With Gulf Spill Victims
The proposed settlement terms will be submitted to the court for approval, the judge said. Barbier said in his order that he will schedule a status conference with lawyers to discuss issues raised by the settlement and set a new trial date.
Updated: 03/03/2012 07:01A
Giggs' privacy case thrown out by High Court judge leaving him with £500000
By Daily Mail Reporter A High Court judge has thrown out a privacy case brought by footballer Ryan Giggs against The Sun newspaper leaving him with a £500000 bill. The Manchester United player claimed the newspaper 'misused' private information and
Updated: 03/03/2012 07:00A
BP reaches $7.8 bln partial settlement in U.S. oil spill trial
US District Judge Carl Barbier, who is overseeing the litigation, said in a court order that the proposed terms of the class settlement would be submitted to court for approval. He also adjourned the first phase of the trial over the spill,
Updated: 03/03/2012 06:48A
Robinson: Restoring Iowa's courts, together
In fact, between 2001 and 2010, Iowa reduced court funding five times. Judicial staffing levels decreased by 17 percent over the past decade. In addition, case filings are at historically high levels and have increased by 66 percent since 1987.
Updated: 03/03/2012 06:32A
Baba Suwe - NDLEA Gets Order to Deposit N25 Million With Court's Registrar
Justice Yetunde Idowu ordered that the deposit should be made within the next 21 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judge had on Nov. 24, 2011 ordered the NDLEA to pay Omidina the money as damages. The money was to compensate
Updated: 03/03/2012 06:31A
Court Quashes Charges Against Ex Gov. Daniel
He also said that EFCC did not seek the leave of the court or consent of the judge as stipulated by the 1999 constitution before filing case of criminal nature. He, thereafter, urged the court to strike out the charges against the former governor.
Updated: 03/03/2012 06:31A
Nunun attends first trial session for bribery
Nunun Nurbaeti, a key person in the 2004 vote-buying scandal at the House of Representatives (DPR), stood trial on Friday at the Jakarta Corruption Court, where prosecutors indicted the businesswoman for bribery. Nunun, the alleged go-between in the
Updated: 03/03/2012 06:30A
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