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Freed sex offender returning to court for competency hearing
BRIAN SKOLOFF AP PROVO, Utah — A convicted sex offender who faces nearly two dozen counts of rape and assault in Utah — but remains free under a legal loophole — is still incompetent to stand trial and may never be fit enough to face the charges,
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:42P
Kane coroner's 'liver failure' prompts question of fitness for trial
CHARLES — Kane County Coroner Chuck West's ongoing medical issues have his attorney uncertain as to whether West can stand trial on official misconduct charges. During a brief hearing Wednesday, attorney Gary Johnson told Kane County Judge John McAdams
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:41P
Judge disqualifies herself from George Zimmerman case
(CNN) -- A Florida judge Wednesday approved a motion to disqualify herself from the criminal case involving a neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, according to the court. The defense team for George Zimmerman
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:40P
Judge steps aside in Trayvon Martin case
A Florida judge Wednesday disqualified herself from the criminal case involving a neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, according to the court. The defense team for George Zimmerman requested Monday that Seminole
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:39P
CTS Continues Its Patent Infringement Litigation with TK Holdings, Inc. (Takata)
CTS Corporation (NYSE: CTS) today announced that it is continuing its 2007 patent infringement litigation against TK Holdings, Inc. (Takata) in the US District Court in Detroit, Michigan. CTS originally put Takata on notice of patent infringement in
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:37P
Judge Jessica Recksiedler has decided step aside in the Trayvon Martin
This week, Recksiedler is on temporary assignment from the Florida Supreme Court and is hearing oral arguments at the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach, Florida, court spokeswoman Michelle Kennedy said in a statement Tuesday.
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:35P
Google chief dings Java as patent trial continues
Google co-founder Larry Page stuck to his guns in a San Francisco court on Wednesday, testifying that the Internet giant did nothing wrong when it built the Android platform for mobile gadgets. Google co-founder Larry Page, pictured 2007,
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:34P
Alaska child sex abuse case trial scheduled for September
Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg dismissed the 100-count indictment, and on Tuesday re-scheduled the trial to begin in early September. Burger was re-indicted last week on four counts of sex abuse of a minor.
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:33P
Judge Jessica Recksiedler steps down from George Zimmerman murder case
Pictures: George Zimmerman charged with murder Circuit Court Judge Jessica Recksiedler issued a statement saying that she would step down from the case. Earlier this week, Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, made a motion requesting the judge recuse
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:31P
Lawyers in James 'Whitey' Bulger case say trial preparations remain on track
He told US Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler during a status conference in US District Court Wednesday that the disclosure of evidence is moving along, however. “I am having ongoing discussions with the government,” he said.
Updated: 04/18/2012 03:30P