Latest Trial Court News
US boy killed dad's pregnant fiance
Lawrence County Judge John Hodge on Friday found the now-14-year-old Jordan Brown delinquent, the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict, in the deaths of Kenzie Houk and her unborn child. The judge closed the trial to the media and all but
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:39P
Author, York judge at odds over records
The writer is working on a book that will include the case of Daryl Atkins, a Newport News man sentenced to death for his role in the murder of a Langley Air Force Base airman in 1996. His case went to the US Supreme Court, which found that executing
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:37P
Megaupload user data in limbo
A hearing Friday in US District Court in Alexandria, Va. on what should be done with the data suggests just how intractable the problem is. Five different parties — including the federal government and the Motion Picture Association of America— weighed
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:34P
Family 'relieved' by guilty verdict
March 8: Cooke is found guilty on 11 counts in the capital murder trial. Bonistall's parents say they are glad "justice had prevailed." April 8: Attorneys ask state Supreme Court to grant Cooke a new trial. July 21: Delaware Supreme Court overturns
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:27P
US boy killed father's pregnant fiancee at 11: Judge
Lawrence County Judge John Hodge found the now-14-year-old Jordan Brown delinquent, the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty verdict, in the deaths of 26-year-old Kenzie Houk and her unborn child. The judge closed the trial, held about 72km north-west
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:16P
Attorney: Zimmerman “stressed” about charges in Trayvon Martin case
Both the defense and prosecution said they have no intention of trying the case in the court of public opinion, though both conceded the extreme interest surrounding the case. “I can't imagine this case being tried within a year,” O'Mara told Anderson
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:15P
BC judge strikes down portions of medical marijuana law
"Even an authorized person, under Health Canada's regime, is unable to produce cannabis butter to make cookies to eat before bed, or when they get up in the morning to deal with chronic pain," Tousaw told the court. During the trial, patient witnesses
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:09P
Rafferty told girlfriend, Tori would be OK, court hears
One of the 10 women Michael Rafferty, 31, was dating in the spring of 2009 testified at his first-degree murder trial Friday that she knew Tori and was quite upset after the little girl vanished outside her Woodstock elementary school on April 8 of
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:48P
Sask. mother to face trial for death of young son
A trial date has not been set. Through her defence lawyer, Carson Demmans, Wilkes is making a second application for bail. Her bail was previously denied by a provincial court judge, but she is able to make a second application now that the preliminary
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:44P
Sask. mother to face trial for death of young son
A trial date has not been set. Through her defence lawyer, Carson Demmans, Wilkes is making a second application for bail. Her bail was previously denied by a provincial court judge, but she is able to make a second application now that the preliminary
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:44P