Latest Trial Court News
HC orders release of 15 AP women rescued from red light area
Setting aside the trial court's order granting their transit remand to Andhra Pradeh police, a bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and SP Garg directed the release these sex workers. The bench passed the order after the National and Delhi Commissions for
Updated: 04/13/2012 11:01A
In Civil Case Against Relatives of Missing Billy Smolinski, Judge Says "Pain
Judge Thomas Corradino held a post-trial argument hearing Thursday in Superior Court for the civil case. “This is a disturbing case, and no matter what I do, it will cause pain and suffering,” Corradino said. Madeleine Gleason of Woodbridge,
Updated: 04/13/2012 11:01A
Iowa Supreme Court: Lawyers provide service to estates when they defend their
Lawyers who go above and beyond the normal range of duties in probating estates and then have to defend their fees in court are within their rights to bill the estate for the appellate work, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled this morning. The case involved
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:59A
Supreme Court strikes down wiretap exception
(Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS) The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a section of the Criminal Code that allows police to wiretap phones without a warrant during emergencies. But police can continue to perform emergency wiretaps for 12
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:59A
Elfin: Sean Taylor's Alleged Killers Have Postponed Trial For 4 Years
three of them who were supposed to finally begin the trial process on Monday (with a fifth man who was arrested later) have had their days in court pushed back at least to July 12, and probably to the fall, because the new attorney for alleged
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:58A
Drew Peterson Trial: Words From Grave
Steven A. Greenberg, one of Peterson's lawyers, said the appellate court's ruling is disappointing. “We're disappointed but we're not afraid of the case and it doesn't change anything because the trial court already found many statements were
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:57A
Drew Peterson Trial: Words From Grave
Steven A. Greenberg, one of Peterson's lawyers, said the appellate court's ruling is disappointing. “We're disappointed but we're not afraid of the case and it doesn't change anything because the trial court already found many statements were
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:57A
G20 trial to accept new evidence
Byron Sonne, seen during a court appearance in Toronto in 2011. (CBC) The defence in the case of a G20 activist has agreed to allow the Crown to enter new evidence even though the judge had reserved her decision. The new evidence relates to 1.7
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:54A
Drew Peterson Trail: Words From Grave
Steven A. Greenberg, one of Peterson's lawyers, said the appellate court's ruling is disappointing. “We're disappointed but we're not afraid of the case and it doesn't change anything because the trial court already found many statements were
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:54A
TWO DISCHARGED, OTHERS FINED In Presidential Convoy Case
The quartet were sometime last year charged and later convicted by the Brikama Magistrates' Court for a “conduct conducive for breach of the peace”. The quartet according to prosecutors at the trial, held a rope which they planned to spread before the
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:51A