Latest Trial Court News
Court rejects manslaughter sentence appeal
By Kristy O'Brien Graham Woods appealed the length of his sentence on the grounds that self-defence was not given sufficient weight in his case. A man who fatally stabbed a well-known Alice Springs motorsport identify will remain in jail for another
Updated: 04/16/2012 10:27P
Breivik takes the stand at Norway massacre trial
will get a chance to explain himself in court Tuesday, testimony that will be hard to hear, according to his lawyers. After sitting through the first day of the trial Monday listening to the prosecution present a devastating case against him,
Updated: 04/16/2012 10:24P
Witness at Berlusconi trial: female 'bunga bunga' party guests dressed as nuns
State TV quoted witness Imane Fadil as telling the Milan court that two young women at the party wore black tunics, crosses, and white head coverings, danced like "Sister Act" characters, then stripped down to their underwear. Fadil is also Moroccan.
Updated: 04/16/2012 09:42P
Rodney Tahu murder case set for trial
to head to trial. Menzies Hallett is charged with murder after allegedly shooting Mr Tahu while he worked at a Turangi service station. Hallett today made a brief appearance at the High Court of Rotorua for a call over hearing where his lawyer Paul
Updated: 04/16/2012 09:30P
Jurors seated in Emilio Fusco mob murder trial in Manhattan
US District Judge P. Kevin Castel had previously granted a prosecution request to seat an anonymous jury – fairly routine in this city for organized crime cases in federal court. Fusco, 43, is charged with five criminal counts in connection with the
Updated: 04/16/2012 09:06P
Oracle vs Google: What's at stake
Oracle's patent infringement and copyright lawsuit against Google is finally set to go to trial at the US District Court in San Francisco today, but there are certainly plenty of questions looming as to where this will end up.
Updated: 04/16/2012 09:05P
Google-Oracle trial set to begin
After months of legal wrangling between two Silicon Valley tech titans, lawyers for Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. are beginning their battle in a San Francisco federal court in a high-stakes case over the world's leading smart phone operating software.
Updated: 04/16/2012 09:01P
Jury selection begins in Clemens' trial
The seven-time Cy Young Award winner was back in court Monday in the government's second attempt to prove that he misled a House committee at a landmark drugs-and-sports hearing in 2008. The first trial last July ended in a mistrial when prosecutors
Updated: 04/16/2012 09:00P
Man plotted suicide bomb on NYC subway - co-defendant
Adis Medunjanin, 28, a US citizen born in Bosnia, is on trial in Brooklyn federal court for what prosecutors say was a conspiracy between him and two close friends from high school in the New York City borough of Queens to conduct attacks in 2009 at
Updated: 04/16/2012 09:00P
Man plotted suicide bomb on NYC subway - co-defendant
By Jessica Dye, Reuters April 16, 2012 8:53 PM Assistant US attorney James Loonam (R) addresses jurors at the opening of the trial of Adis Medunjanin (L), in this courtroom sketch in Brooklyn federal court in New York, April 16, 2012.
Updated: 04/16/2012 08:59P
Primary Categories