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Discovery hearing canceled in Ericsson case
Judge Vincent Foley of Brookings scheduled this week's session in Third Circuit Court to deal with any discovery motions made by legal counsel. Attorneys representing one side in a court case obtain information from opposing legal counsel by making
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:47P
Nickerson fit for trial but still refuses legal help
Gordon Frank Nickerson appeared in Kentville Provincial Court Thursday where a report from East Coast Forensics Psychiatric Services said Nickerson is fit to stand trial. Although the author was not asked for an opinion of criminal responsibility,
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:45P
Nickerson fit for trial but still refuses legal help
Gordon Frank Nickerson appeared in Kentville Provincial Court Thursday where a report from East Coast Forensics Psychiatric Services said Nickerson is fit to stand trial. Although the author was not asked for an opinion of criminal responsibility,
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:45P
Justice Department steps in to ensure voting rights
The Justice Department has blocked Texas from implementing a new law that requires voters to present picture identification, concluding that Hispanic voters would be disproportionately hurt. Earlier this month, the department told a three-judge
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:44P
Mock Trial Team 'threepeats' as District Champion
Mock Trial is a competition in which students play the roles of attorneys and witnesses in pretend court cases. This year's case, Friends of Bog Turtles vs. Zenopharma, Inc., was about a conservation organization attempting to stop the expansion of a
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:42P
Mock Trial Team 'threepeats' as District Champion
Mock Trial is a competition in which students play the roles of attorneys and witnesses in pretend court cases. This year's case, Friends of Bog Turtles vs. Zenopharma, Inc., was about a conservation organization attempting to stop the expansion of a
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:42P
Cold-case murder-accused revealed
Hallett, 71, a Rotorua real estate agent, was charged in December with the alleged murder of Turangi service station attendant Rodney Tahu in 1979. Hallet was originally charged with the murder of Tahu in 1979 but later acquitted at a depositions
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:42P
Trial set in murder plot
By Anonymous A Texas man stood mute during his arraignment Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court on a solicitation to murder charge. Zachary Wayne Friudenberg, 25, was scheduled for a jury trial on May 24. Friudenberg is accused of offering $1500
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:42P
Trial set in murder plot
By Anonymous A Texas man stood mute during his arraignment Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court on a solicitation to murder charge. Zachary Wayne Friudenberg, 25, was scheduled for a jury trial on May 24. Friudenberg is accused of offering $1500
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:42P
US court allows Edwards to hire mistress's lawyers
John Edwards is changing lawyers a month before his criminal trial, adding attorneys who represented his mistress in a lawsuit over the couple's alleged sex tape. Edwards told federal Judge Catherine Eagles on Thursday he wanted to hire lawyers Alan
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:01P
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