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Kappos v. Hyatt (2012)
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Updated: 04/20/2012 12:33A
Polo Mogul's DUI Manslaughter Trial Continues
The wealthy South Florida polo mogul charged in the DUI manslaughter death of a 23-year-old man was back in court Wednesday for the second day of testimony in his trial. John Goodman, the founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, is charged in
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:44P
Libya has evidence against Saif Gaddafi: ICC
Luis Moreno-Ocampo said the Libyan government has until the end of April to present a case to the court to back its demand to try him. The international court indicted him in June along with his father and the Gaddafi regime's intelligence chief,
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:43P
Tweeting in court new journalistic frontier
By Kyle Martin Columbia County News-Times reporter Valerie Rowell tweeted from the Columbia County Courthouse during the murder trial of Thomas Eugene Bradford. Richmond County Superior Court judges are taking a more benign approach to reporters using
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:37P
In the courts, April 20, 2012
A criminal case will be delayed against a 24-year-old man alleged to be behind attempts to blow up, then shoot at, a South 10th Street residence. Buchanan County Prosecutor Dwight Scroggins charged Jarrett Palmer with first-degree assault and unlawful
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:36P
Judge: Lau to stand trial
NEW CITY — Nearly 29 months after Jami Erlich's brutal slaying inside her Valley Cottage condominium, a judge has found the man accused of killing the gym teacher competent to stand trial and assist in his own defense. State Supreme Court Justice
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:33P
Farries to be sentenced Friday in tow-truck dragging death
A Colorado Springs woman convicted of causing a tow-truck driver's dragging-death when she fled an attempted towing at an east-side apartment complex will be sentenced Friday in 4th Judicial District Court. Detra Farries, 34, faces up to 36 years in
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:22P
BREAKING NEWS: Trial begins for 17-year-old suspect of ATV driver's beating
This is the trial of Jerrett Taisapic Muna, a 17-year-old boy who could spend more than a decade in prison if convicted of aggravated assault in the Superior Court of Guam. Muna was arrested in February 2011, and his trial began yesterday.
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:15P
Different pleas for burglary suspects in Farmington
Jeremy Walker Blair, 26, of Kaysville, pleaded guilty to one count of burglary, a third-degree felony, in 2nd District Court on Thursday. Prosecutors agreed to dismiss a class A misdemeanor charge in exchange for the guilty plea.
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:05P
SC defers framing of contempt charge against Awan
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Athar Saeed decided on Thursday to postpone the indictment after Mr Awan's counsel Syed Ali Zafar contended that the court should not make departure from the settled principle of giving
Updated: 04/19/2012 11:01P
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