Latest Trial Court News

Alvarado found guilty in murder retrial
The verdict came after three days of testimony and three hours of jury deliberation. Alvarado, 45, will be sentenced May 3 by LaSalle County Judge H. Chris Ryan and could get 60 years in prison without parole. He was sentenced to 45 years after his
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:51P

California Court of Appeals Hears Facebook Privacy Case
The case involves a jury foreman on a case in which five men were convicted in a gang beating. That juror posted observations during jury deliberations, which were seen by another juror on the trial that he befriended on Facebook. During a court
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:44P

Allen Stanford has new trial request denied
R. Allen Stanford, who was convicted of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, will not get the new trial he requested this week. On March 20, Stanford filed for a new trial with the Houston District Court, claiming he lacked adequate time to prepare his
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:43P

Court date set for Arpaio's racial profiling case
PHOENIX - The case in which Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is accused of racially profiling Latinos will go to trial July 19. On Friday, US District Judge Murray Snow told attorneys they will have to make their arguments in seven days in the
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:26P

The continuing drama of the Crowe case
By UT San Diego Editorial Staff Michael Crowe will have his day in court 14 years later, a one-day hearing April 16 seeking a pronouncement that he is in fact innocent in the death of his sister Stephanie. This high-profile case has haunted the Crowe
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:25P

Murder conviction upheld for killing child in suicide attempt
A state appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of a despondent San Francisco woman who tried to kill herself and her two children in her garage and succeeded only in taking the life of her 3-year-old daughter. Linda Woo was convicted of
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:20P

Ailing Ampatuan Sr. out of hospital, back in jail
The 70-year-old former Maguindanao governor was brought back to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City from the AFP Medical Center yesterday on orders of Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of Regional Trial Court Branch 221. Upon his discharge from the military
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:16P

Yuma Superior Court judge taken off Preston Strong trial
KSWT News 13 has learned that Yuma County Superior Court Judge Mark Wayne Reeves will be moved to Juvenile Court, April 1st. Presiding Superior Court Judge John Nelson's office says Judge Reeves has also been taken off the Preston Strong case.
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:11P

Yuma Superior Court judge taken off Preston Strong trial
KSWT News 13 has learned that Yuma County Superior Court Judge Mark Wayne Reeves will be moved to Juvenile Court, April 1st. Presiding Superior Court Judge John Nelson's office says Judge Reeves has also been taken off the Preston Strong case.
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:11P

Campout for SCOTUS Health Case Seats Starts Early
By Louise Radnofsky By Friday afternoon, a dozen people were already waiting together outside the Supreme Court, hoping to snag coveted seats for the oral arguments that begin in the health-care overhaul case Monday morning.
Updated: 03/23/2012 09:05P