Latest Trial Court News
Irk of a ladies' man: Leonard Cohen harassment trial continues
On Friday, Cohen appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court as the prosecution's first witness against his onetime business manager, 55-year-old Kelley Lynch. The trial resumes this week. According to the LA Times, Cohen testified that he and Lynch
Updated: 04/09/2012 07:21P
Fla. court rejects $79.2M smoker death verdict
AP A Florida appellate court has rejected a $79.2 million verdict against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. for a smoker's cancer death. Monday's ruling in Tallahassee came in one of the thousands of smoker lawsuits against tobacco companies.
Updated: 04/09/2012 07:18P
Antonio Goodwin trial likely to start Tuesday; jurors quizzed about attitude
Lee County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Hughes said he hoped to finish the jury selection Tuesday morning and start the trial in the afternoon. It could last five days. Goodwin, 21, was one of four football players arrested after an alleged armed
Updated: 04/09/2012 07:14P
Jury picked for Austin Tabor slaying trial
When court ended on Monday, six women were sitting in the chairs reserved for potential alternate jurors. Several dozen more people called for jury duty will stand by in case more prospective jurors are needed. Tabor, 20, and Coty Rylan Newman, 22,
Updated: 04/09/2012 07:12P
Visa forgery: 42-year-old businesswoman faces trial
A 42-year-old businesswoman, Betty Akinjare, has been arraigned before Magistrate Olufemi Isaac of a Lagos Magistrates' Court sitting in Ikeja on a seven-count charge bordering on felony, stealing and forgery of the Belgian Visa on her clients'
Updated: 04/09/2012 07:12P
Justice for prisoners: Mimiko commissions court inside prison
He has evolved a way out for many of the underprivileged Nigerians rotting away in Nigerian prisons, without trial, and seemingly without any hope in this world. And his method, novel in Africa, is clinical: court in prison. Yes, court in prison.
Updated: 04/09/2012 07:12P
Libya: Gaddafi son to be tried inside country
The decision comes despite appeals by rights groups to Libyan authorities to hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague due to fears that he may not get a fair trial in Libya. A trial in the capital Tripoli would however mark
Updated: 04/09/2012 07:03P
Thomas Petersen trial starts this week
Court officials will draw potential jurors from a pool of about 90 at the Butler Court district court in Allison. Thomas Petersen also faces two counts of attempted murder in South Dakota because two sheriff's deputies were injured trying to take him
Updated: 04/09/2012 07:02P
Nun: I was fired for reporting priest's dirty mags
She said she was concerned about mail DePaoli began to receive, including computer disks from Denmark and magazines containing "deplorable" content, none of which included DePaoli's clerical title or indicated that his address was a rectory.
Updated: 04/09/2012 06:58P
Sub-Contractor in Rhode Island Naval Funds Kickback Case to Plead Guilty to
PROVIDENCE, RI—Russell Spencer, 57, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, a sub-contractor who admitted in United States District Court in Providence in June 2011 to being the conduit for alleged kickbacks of naval funds from Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow
Updated: 04/09/2012 06:56P
Primary Categories