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FOX Carolina 21Detroit boy, 14, to face trial in mother's slaying
Entertainment News from AP DETROIT (AP) - A 14-year-old Detroit boy will stand trial as an adult in the shooting death of his 36-year-old mother. A 36th District Court judge determined Thursday that there was enough evidence to send Joshua Smith's case
Updated: 03/09/2012 01:46P
14-year-old Detroit boy to face trial in mother's shooting death; slaying
DETROIT — A 14-year-old Detroit boy will stand trial as an adult in the shooting death of his 36-year-old mother. A 36th District Court judge determined Thursday that there was enough evidence to send Joshua Smith's case to Wayne County Circuit Court.
Updated: 03/09/2012 01:45P
Aunt to stand trial in starvation death of boy, 4
Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway of Wayne County Circuit Court set the trial date Friday for 31-year-old Matilda Gardner, who is charged with first-degree murder, torture and child abuse in the May 8, 2011, death of Robert Byrd. On Feb.
Updated: 03/09/2012 01:41P
Jury finds Jimmy Dimora guilty of running criminal enterprise out of his
The jury of seven men and five women returned the guilty verdict at about 12:15 pm on Friday. US District Court Judge Sara Lioi continued to read through the counts against Dimora finding him guilty of all of the first 33 of the 38 charges.
Updated: 03/09/2012 01:40P
Private prosecutors fear witness could have been killed
Enog's disappearance, however, did not only reach the prosecution's attention but also the sala of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Presiding Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes whose staff was trying to confirm the report they received that the
Updated: 03/09/2012 01:40P
Abuse priest Alexander Bede Walsh jailed for 22 years
A 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard that the Catholic clergyman used his "revered" status to prey on his victims, abusing boys in Coventry, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. The abuse, described to the court as "serial and predatory",
Updated: 03/09/2012 01:39P
Mark Stobbe on trial: a timeline of the series of events leading up to the verdict
Mark Stobbe arrives at court in Winnipeg Wednesday;February 1;2012. Stobbe;a former government worker in Saskatchewan and Manitoba;stands trial on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of his wife. October 25, 2000: Beverly Rowbotham, 42,
Updated: 03/09/2012 01:18P
Desperate Housewives trial reveals big spoiler
Denton had testified just moments earlier at Los Angeles Superior Court for the defense in Sheridan's $6 million wrongful termination suit against the show's creator Marc Cherry and ABC. Sheridan claims that Cherry killed off her character in
Updated: 03/09/2012 12:38P
Charlotte lawyer withdraws from Edwards defense
RALEIGH, NC — A well-known Charlotte defense lawyer has plans to withdraw from the team representing John Edwards in his upcoming criminal trial. Jim Cooney filed the request in US District Court on Thursday. Cooney has advised Edwards on the case
Updated: 03/09/2012 12:36P
Florida Supreme Court rejects Senate redistricting plan
Lawyers for the Legislature argued that both maps fully complied with the amendment and urged the justices to conduct only a limited review while allowing opponents to challenge specifics at the trial court level. The majority rejected that argument.
Updated: 03/09/2012 12:35P