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Supreme Court Weighs In On Defendant's Rights During Plea Bargains
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The United States Supreme Court ruled for the first time that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to effective counsel during the plea bargaining stage of a case and they could be entitled to a new trial
Updated: 03/25/2012 10:09A
Tycoon is back in court after hospital visit delay
A FORMER business tycoon who famously fled the UK from a Dorset airfield returned to court yesterday to continue his trial on charges of stealing £34million from his business empire. Asil Nadir took off in a six-seater Piper Seneca aircraft in the
Updated: 03/25/2012 10:05A
New Details In Fatal Teen Crash Case
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The man accused of being drunk when he hit a carload of teenagers back in August, killing one of them, is scheduled to stand trial this week. Polk County court documents show Michael Lomax had a blood alcohol content almost twice
Updated: 03/25/2012 09:26A
Mexico and France at odds over Cassez kidnap case
This week, Mexico's Supreme Court struck down a bid for an immediate release of 37-year-old Cassez, in a fresh thorn in Franco-Mexican relations. However, judges also said violations in the case occurred, which fanned hopes for a possible retrial.
Updated: 03/25/2012 08:08A
DILG's opinion on officials' suspension sought
Elena Catajan Regional Trial Court Branch 62 Judge Danilo Camacho ordered the suspension of all eight councilors and the vice mayor in batches of three. The order was based on a decision in December 2010 declaring veteran journalist Jimmy Laking
Updated: 03/25/2012 08:06A
New facts surface in Ayyube murder trial
This was the first hearing of the case held at the Criminal Court. Following the reading out of the charges against Waseem by state attorney Aishath Fazna Ahmed, Judge Abdul Baari Yusuf had enquired from Waseem if whether he wished for a lawyer for
Updated: 03/25/2012 07:58A
SQ Chy son's case rejected
Dhaka, Mar 25 (bdnews24.com) – The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court has dismissed a case filed by war crimes accused Salahddin Quader Chowdhury's son against two senior officials of the Kashimpur prisons for allegedly assaulting his brother.
Updated: 03/25/2012 07:41A
Common Pleas Court
Breanna K. Kennedy, 180 Scioto Ave., possession of heroin, court approved submitted plan for treatment in lieu of conviction program, defendant entered guilty plea and case stayed for one year, court costs. Joshua W. Stewart, 386.5 E. Seventh St.,
Updated: 03/25/2012 07:33A
As US Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments on health care bill, industry
Aetna, the state's second-largest health insurance company, said it was moving forward with innovations such as "accountable care organizations" that reward medical professionals for providing preventive care rather than stepping in only when someone
Updated: 03/25/2012 07:03A
Canadian's high-profile quest for clemency in 1982 killings angers Blackfeet
Over the past 30 years, Smith has appealed his sentence seven times, in every legal venue from state District Court to the Montana State Supreme Court to United States District Court. In 1996, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear Smith's
Updated: 03/25/2012 07:01A
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