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A system of plea bargains
The 6th Amendment guarantees a defendant not only a trial by jury but also "the assistance of counsel for his defense." In 1984, the court held that a defendant could challenge his conviction or sentence on the grounds that his lawyer's ineffectiveness
Updated: 03/27/2012 08:12A
Parents of Late Schizophrenic Win Appeal
"We conclude, contrary to the district court, that whether jail officials were deliberately indifferent to Rice's conditions of confinement presents a material dispute of fact that the fact finder must resolve at trial. That Rice himself created the
Updated: 03/27/2012 08:03A
Mediatrade: judges, trial to stay in Milan
The objections of the defence were overruled in the trial that sees the two accused of tax fraud. The judges of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Court of Milan rejected all the objections raised by defence counsel, including that of the territorial
Updated: 03/27/2012 08:02A
Ikuforiji fights fraud scandal in court
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji who is on trial based on charges brought before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked Federal High Court to quash the charges against him.
Updated: 03/27/2012 07:59A
Nova Scotia judge tosses drug bust case saying search was unlawful
SYDNEY, NS - A drug trial set to begin next month went up in smoke Monday after a Nova Scotia provincial court judge ruled that the 12 kilograms of marijuana seized would not be admitted into evidence. Judge Jean Whalen ruled that RCMP officers
Updated: 03/27/2012 07:58A
De Lima defies court order
be at the NBI compound for the graduation of the 45th batch of NBI agents during the court-scheduled inspection of Esmeralda's SUV, insisted that the court order cannot be executed by Sheriff Carlos Pajar of Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 26.
Updated: 03/27/2012 07:55A
AstraZeneca's Seroquel going generic quicker
Teva Pharmaceuticals was among the generic companies fighting AstraZeneca in court in that dispute. Finally, talks between Johnson & Johnson and the state of Arkansas broke down Friday and a court trial started Monday over J&J's promotion of Risperdal,
Updated: 03/27/2012 07:51A
Predatory paedophile jailed for terrifying attacks
He admitted kidnap and sexual assault after cold-case detectives made a DNA link to catch him 30 years after he first struck. Judge James Goss, the Recorder of Newcastle, said: "All your victims were very young girls aged five or under.
Updated: 03/27/2012 07:45A
Jury to be charged today in trial against Mark Stobbe
The Crown's case is circumstantial. It relies on 76 witnesses that have either testified already or are scheduled to testify before the lengthy trial winds down at the end of March. Court is back in session Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of
Updated: 03/27/2012 07:45A
Jury to be charged today in trial against Mark Stobbe
The Crown's case is circumstantial. It relies on 76 witnesses that have either testified already or are scheduled to testify before the lengthy trial winds down at the end of March. Court is back in session Tuesday in the second-degree murder trial of
Updated: 03/27/2012 07:45A
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