Latest Trial Court News
Jerry Summers: DUI Blog - Is A Preliminary Hearing A Waste Of Time?
Reason given: With the Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 16, we can get the discovery evidence in Criminal Court. District Attorney has many cases on the docket and said prosecutor in General Sessions Court is normally concerned about getting the
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:21P
Ali twin murder case ends in a mistrial
His trial at Howard County Circuit Court in Ellicott City began last week. The jury sent at note to Judge Richard S. Bernhardt at around 5:30 pm stating that, "We are deadlocked and do not think further deliberation will bring us to a unanimous
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:21P
Attorney for defendant in Rolladium shooting seeks dismissal
In court documents filed this week, defense attorney Jonathan Jones said 51st District Court Judge Jodi Debbrecht abused her discretion in binding Ingram over to Oakland County Circuit Court for trial. During a district court hearing,
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:21P
My three days of listening to the Supremes
By Joe Carlson After three years of reporting on healthcare reform—years of Congressional hearings followed by endless litigation, of speculation followed by obfuscation, of dreams of traveling to the Supreme Court followed by the hard reality of a
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:19P
The TPL Group Files Second Wave of ITC and District Court Complaints on CORE
By Business Wire The TPL Group announced today that it has filed a Complaint with the US International Trade Commission and a corresponding Complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against 19 companies it believes are
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:16P
The TPL Group Files Second Wave of ITC and District Court Complaints on CORE
By Business Wire The TPL Group announced today that it has filed a Complaint with the US International Trade Commission and a corresponding Complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against 19 companies it believes are
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:16P
Sandusky Penn State sex abuse trial delayed
By Ian Simpson (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania court on Thursday ordered the start of the child sex abuse trial of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky delayed three weeks to June 5, citing logistical issues. Sandusky, 68, a former Penn State
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:07P
Ex-councilwoman Sandy Annabi, ex-party boss Zehy Jereis convicted on all
Defense attorneys have until May 4 to submit post-verdict motions. The jury found that the money allowed Jereis to control Annabi's vote on the Yonkers City Council, particularly in approving two multi-million development projects in the city — a
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:07P
Supreme Court's decision based on reality in court systems in Jackson and Michigan
If he had accepted, he'd be like 95 percent of the criminal defendants who face justice. Cooper veered from the norm, however, not only by rejecting that deal, but for doing so for a bad reason. He had fired a gun at another person, and his attorney
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:04P
Court hears final arguments in LaSota-Laird murder trial
A Brampton court heard closing arguments Thursday in the first-degree murder trial of Rafal LaSota and Michelle Laird, the couple accused of killing a 13-year-old Mississauga girl in 2008. Alexandra Firgin-Hewie was found dead outside a home in
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:04P