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US Supreme Court declines to hear Porco appeal
ALBANY, NY (WTW) — The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a former college student convicted of killing his father and attacking his mother with an ax in their suburban Albany home. Christoper Porco, now 28, is serving 46 years to life
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:22P
Handyman convicted in case of body in NY high-rise
Entertainment News from AP NEW YORK (AP) - A handyman has been convicted of suffocating a cleaning woman and stuffing her body in an air-conditioning duct in a New York City office tower. A jury delivered the verdict Monday in Joseph Pabon's murder
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:21P
Brother of Quantico plotter to remain in jail
By Michael Biesecker - AP RALEIGH, NC — A federal judge in North Carolina says an immigrant from Kosovo will stay behind bars until his trial on charges he tried to hire a hit man to behead witnesses in a terrorism trial. US District Court Judge Earl
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:21P
Child abuse expert set to testify in baby death trial
The manslaughter trial of Daniel Vernon Berge has entered its second week with Dr. Neil Cooper, a pediatric expert in child abuse, set to take the stand. In earlier testimony, court heard a medical examiner believed baby Emilia died of cranial trauma
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:18P
Child abuse expert set to testify in baby death trial
The manslaughter trial of Daniel Vernon Berge has entered its second week with Dr. Neil Cooper, a pediatric expert in child abuse, set to take the stand. In earlier testimony, court heard a medical examiner believed baby Emilia died of cranial trauma
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:18P
Ex-criminal court employee pleads guilty to stealing backpack during Lil Wayne
Twitter: @mperlstein NEW ORLEANS - A former New Orleans Criminal Court employee pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors Monday in the theft of a backpack during a Lil Wayne concert. The plea bargain helped Renard Thomas avoid trial and possible prison time,
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:16P
Illinois Supreme Court: Board of Review candidate's name should not have been
But Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the section of the state election code that was the basis for the electoral board and the trial court decisions did not apply. The state supreme court, in effect, ruled that "There was no three-day rule
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:15P
Illinois Supreme Court: Board of Review candidate's name should not have been
But Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the section of the state election code that was the basis for the electoral board and the trial court decisions did not apply. The state supreme court, in effect, ruled that "There was no three-day rule
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:15P
High-tech testimony
Rick Snyder last week signed legislation that will allow expert witnesses to testify by video in trial court cases. If all parties involved in the case agree, expert witnesses can be sworn in and testify at trial by video communication equipment that
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:02P
Oracle and Google to take patent fight to court
US Judge Paul Grewal said Monday that the two parties will not meet again before their April 16 court date in the Northern District of California. Oracle first sued Google in 2010, saying its Android operating system, used in many smartphones,
Updated: 04/02/2012 05:02P
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