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Both prosecution and defense rest their case in John Williams federal
by Gene Rector Both the prosecution and defense rested Tuesday in the federal extortion trial of former Warner Robins City Councilman John Williams. Jurors at the US District Court in Macon will hear closing arguments Wednesday on the three-count
Updated: 04/24/2012 07:02P
Oracle V Google: court told about patent victory
On April 19, the USPTO sent a notice of intent to issue a so-called Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate confirming all the asserted claims of the 5966702 patent, according to a filing made on Monday by Oracle to the US District Court in San Francisco,
Updated: 04/24/2012 07:01P
Drew Peterson Headed To Trial
"We are not appealing because we want to get this case moving," Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky told the Tribune. "Drew has been locked up long enough and we are ready to go to trial." Earlier this month, the Illinois Third District Appellate Court held
Updated: 04/24/2012 07:00P
Jennifer Hudson leaves court before grisly photos shown
CHICAGO — The trial of the man charged with murdering three of Jennifer Hudson's family members resumed Tuesday with the Oscar-winner shutting her eyes as a police officer described finding her dead family members and later leaving the courtroom before
Updated: 04/24/2012 07:00P
Jennifer Hudson leaves court before grisly photos shown
CHICAGO — The trial of the man charged with murdering three of Jennifer Hudson's family members resumed Tuesday with the Oscar-winner shutting her eyes as a police officer described finding her dead family members and later leaving the courtroom before
Updated: 04/24/2012 07:00P
Mortgage broker guilty of fraud, stealing
Mark Booty, 41, stood trial in the WA District Court, charged with eight counts of fraud and eight alternative counts of stealing in relation to a Ponzi-style investment scheme between August 2007 and March 2009. The jury deliberated for about three
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:54P
Oracle confronts Google's Schmidt about Java
In court on Tuesday, Oracle attorney David Boies showed Schmidt a 2005 presentation to Google's top managers that said Google "must" take a license from Sun. Schmidt said he could not recall being told that was the case. Schmidt said at one point that
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:53P
Hudson leaves courtroom before prosecutors begin showing photos of her slain
Documents pertaining to the William Balfour murder trial at the Cook County Criminal Court are wheeled into court on the first day of the trial in Chicago Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in... (Associated Press) This courtroom sketch shows
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:51P
Hudson leaves court before prosecutors show photos of her slain family members
This courtroom sketch shows Julia Hudson testifying during the first day of William Balfour's murder trial at the Cook County Criminal Court in Chicago, Monday, April 23, 2012. Balfour is charged in the 2008 murder of the mother, brother and nephew of
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:48P
Murder accused 'asked how he should kill'
A friend of the man accused of murdering his New Zealand girlfriend has told a British court that Elliot Turner fantasised about killing 17-year-old Emily Longley. Elliot Turner, 20, is on trial at at Winchester Crown Court in Hampshire.
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:46P