Latest Trial Court News
Atlantic County acquitted of charges that it failing to investigate sexual
Meanwhile, the county received a mixed decision in a lawsuit by a former corrections officer. According to a statement from Atlantic County spokeswoman Linda Gilmore, the plaintiff in the sexual harassment suit, Jan Van Holt, was a former employee of
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:28P
Several murder cases scheduled for trial during May jury term
By Kim Morava Following the latest felony disposition docket in Pottawatomie County District Court, it appears there could be as many as four murder cases heard during the May jury term. Among those is a case involving a sentencing retrial for a 2008
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:28P
Several murder cases scheduled for trial during May jury term
By Kim Morava Following the latest felony disposition docket in Pottawatomie County District Court, it appears there could be as many as four murder cases heard during the May jury term. Among those is a case involving a sentencing retrial for a 2008
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:28P
US court jails Mexican drug gangster blamed for 1500 hits
Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez pleaded guilty in El Paso district court to 11 counts that included conspiracy, racketeering and murder. Judge Kathleen Cardone gave Acosta seven concurrent life terms, three additional consecutive life terms and 20 years
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:20P
Russian arms dealer, defiant to the end in NYC case, get 25 years behind bars
The way federal agents went about capturing Bout — an elaborate sting that lured him to Thailand — appeared to play in his favor at sentencing in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday. US District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan said 25 years
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:14P
Brutal assault trial Monday
The start of the trial to be held in 33 rd State District Judge Gil Jones' court comes three years to the day that Cassandra Doyal was beaten and sexually assaulted and her husband Bobby tied up and severely beaten by intruders who broke into their
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:13P
Working on the Clock: The Advantages of Timed Trials
By David Bissinger and Erica HarrisAll Articles More and more courts are imposing time limits for trial. In fact, courts impose time limits in some of the largest trials ever. As The National Law Journal reported on Feb. 20 in "Judge Keeps Tight Leash
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:09P
In flipping fraud trial, Hornberger denies illegality during questioning
Just as she testified last week in US District Court, under direct examination from her attorney, Hornberger told a jury in one of the biggest flipping fraud cases in Florida history that she trusted her brother-in-law, Rich Bobka, and never dreamed he
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:05P
In flipping fraud trial, Hornberger denies illegality during questioning
Just as she testified last week in US District Court, under direct examination from her attorney, Hornberger told a jury in one of the biggest flipping fraud cases in Florida history that she trusted her brother-in-law, Rich Bobka, and never dreamed he
Updated: 04/05/2012 10:05P
Russian Arms Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
"These people know this truth," Bout said. "They will live with this truth .God forgive you. You will answer to him, not to me." Arrested in Bangkok in 2008 after a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sting operation and later extradited to New
Updated: 04/05/2012 09:44P