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Robinson case continued to June
DANBURY -- The trial of the Western Connecticut State University student charged with evading responsibility in the November hit-and-run death of fellow student Dong Lin has been continued to next month, court officials said Tuesday.
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:27P
State used Dunlop sentencing as tactic, court told
THE STATE deliberately waited for lobbyist Frank Dunlop to be sentenced for bribery so he would “look better” as a witness in the trial of businessman Jim Kennedy on corruption charges, the Supreme Court has been told. This was a tactical approach by
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:26P
Man confessed to murders, court told
A DUBLIN man on trial for a double murder in the city two years ago confessed to garda he carried out the killings, a Central Criminal Court jury will hear. Gary Howard (24), Emerald Street, Dublin, and Dunsoghly Grove, Finglas, has pleaded not guilty
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:26P
Judge: Ecleo parricide case was 'ordinary' work
ALTHOUGH he took a two-week leave to study the parricide case of cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., it was “ordinary” work, said the judge who convicted Ecleo last Friday. Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Soliver Peras of Branch 10 said this as he called on
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:24P
OJ judge is squeezed from courtroom in budget cuts
Superior Court Judge Lance Ito's courtroom will be one of 56 forced to close by the end of June as a result of huge budget cuts to the Los Angeles County court system. Ito, who famously presided over the OJ Simpson double-murder trial,
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:20P
Mo. Supreme Court Lets Baumruk Conviction Stand
though appeals to federal courts were likely. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Chris Koster declined comment. Baumruk's attorney, William Swift, did not return a At 73, Baumruk is the oldest man on Missouri's death row. Baumruk's case has been in
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:19P
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An art gallery owner accused of torching her St. Catharines business will speak on her own behalf at trial. Jeanette Tossounian, 36, told Superior Court Tuesday she will represent herself when the case is heard this summer. The court scheduled her
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:18P
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An art gallery owner accused of torching her St. Catharines business will speak on her own behalf at trial. Jeanette Tossounian, 36, told Superior Court Tuesday she will represent herself when the case is heard this summer. The court scheduled her
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:18P
BLOG: G. Dep's Murder Trial Comes to a Chilling End
XXL Senior Editor Mark Lelinwalla describes the surreal scene leading up to Trevell “G. Dep” Coleman's guilty verdict… Part 51 of the Supreme Criminal Court in Lower Manhattan, NY got noticeably colder on Tuesday afternoon (April 17).
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:15P
D.A. struggles to get church judge to testify at priest trial
"We are having a problem with a material witness petition in West Virginia," Assistant District Attorney Patrick Blessington told Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina on Tuesday. According to Blessington, an unnamed West Virginia judge has balked
Updated: 04/17/2012 07:12P