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Oyang fish-dumping pleas delayed again
Christchurch District Court Judge Tony Couch said the case had been adjourned to today "explicitly for pleas to be entered", and he complained when defence counsel Kim Lawson said she had agency instructions from another lawyer to seek a one-week
Updated: 03/23/2012 03:13P
FOX Carolina 21APNewsBreak: Judge tosses lawsuit on MLK documents
The lawsuit was filed in September in US District Court in Jackson against Howard Ballou, an anchor for Jackson-based WLBT-TV. The suit said Ballou's mother worked for King as a secretary from 1955 to 1960 and kept documents during the time King led
Updated: 03/23/2012 03:13P
COURT: Jury selected for Franklin County murder trial
Garcia-Morales is on trial in Franklin County Superior Court for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, first-degree rendering criminal assistance and two counts of second-degree assault. All of the charges include firearm allegations.
Updated: 03/23/2012 03:12P
MIAMI MURDER TRIAL UPDATE: Teenager accused of killing Northampton man 'told
At the opening of the trial in Sarasota yesterday, the court heard that as Shawn Tyson, now aged 17, allegedly tried to rob them before shooting them both dead. The court today heard that Tyson told his friend Marvin Gaines that he had killed the men.
Updated: 03/23/2012 03:08P
Out-of-town judge to hear mayor's conflict of interest case
Justice Wailan Low told Ford's lawyer, Andrew Parley, and Magder's lawyer, Gerald Chan, that an out-of-jurisdiction judge would be called in to hear the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act matter. She postponed setting a hearing date until April 11 to
Updated: 03/23/2012 03:05P
Goldstein, Howe & Russell, P.C. | Opinion analysis: Expanding the right to
“[C]riminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials.” On Wednesday a sharply divided Court issued companion decisions that will have significant systemic implications for the criminal plea-bargaining process.
Updated: 03/23/2012 03:03P
R. Allen Stanford's request for new trial denied
R. Allen Stanford, who was convicted of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, will not get the new trial he requested this week, Bloomberg reported. On March 20, Stanford filed for a new trial with the Houston District Court, claiming he lacked adequate
Updated: 03/23/2012 02:58P
Analysis – Why Supreme Court may uphold healthcare law
The core of its healthcare law is a requirement that most people in the United States buy insurance by 2014. In decisions upholding that so-called individual mandate last year, those judges stressed the classical conservative regard for judicial
Updated: 03/23/2012 02:58P
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Pakistan's prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, and Supreme Court are still on a collision course. The Express Tribune reported on March 23: “In the contempt case initiated by the Supreme Court against Yousuf Raza Gilani, the prime minister's legal
Updated: 03/23/2012 02:58P
Kanimozhi wants Spectrum charges quashed
DMK MP Kanimozhi on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the charges against her in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, claiming she has been falsely implicated in the case. Kanimozhi, who is facing trial, sought discharge from case
Updated: 03/23/2012 02:58P
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