Latest Trial Court News
Wife of Campaign Aide Taking Stand in John Edwards Trial
Prosecutors in US District Court in Greensboro have argued that Edwards broke federal law by accepting about $725000 from 101-year-old heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon and more than $200000 from Fred Baron, a Texas lawyer who has since died.
Updated: 04/30/2012 09:33A
Wife of Campaign Aide Taking Stand in John Edwards Trial
Prosecutors in US District Court in Greensboro have argued that Edwards broke federal law by accepting about $725000 from 101-year-old heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon and more than $200000 from Fred Baron, a Texas lawyer who has since died.
Updated: 04/30/2012 09:33A
Ashton KCJ | Court of Appeal win for Ashton KCJ
Tom Ranson, a personal injury lawyer at Ashton KCJ, has succeeded in obtaining a settlement of over £500000 for a client, Mr M, who has been suffering chronic pain as the result of a whiplash injury to his neck and back. The case, which was originally
Updated: 04/30/2012 08:53A
Girl Scouts taking Goldilocks to court
Goldilocks is set to stand trial before local Girl Scout troops at Alpena County Circuit Court for her alleged crimes against the Three Bears. Members of Alpena's Brownie Troop 992, Junior Troop 2313 and Cadet/Senior Troop 1033 have put weeks of
Updated: 04/30/2012 08:53A
Funny Stuff...Unless You're a Trial Attorney, I suppose
These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking
Updated: 04/30/2012 08:51A
Trial set for inmate held in solitary confinement for more than a decade
Forty-two-year-old Troy Anderson's case goes to trial Monday in US District Court. A group of University of Denver Sturm College of Law students filed a lawsuit seeking a court to order prison officials to provide mental health treatment to Anderson.
Updated: 04/30/2012 08:50A
New Jersey HeraldJanine Orie trial set for Aug. 13 in dual cases
Orie has already been convicted at a separate trial and is scheduled for sentencing May 21. Janine Orie is also charged with illegally directing Melvin's former Superior Court staff to do work on Melvin's unsuccessful 2003 campaign and her winning 2009
Updated: 04/30/2012 08:45A
Janine Orie trial set for Aug. 13 in dual cases
Jane Orie and Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin has been scheduled to begin Aug. 13 in Pittsburgh. Fifty-seven-year-old Janine Orie is charged in a conspiracy with Sen. Orie to misuse the lawmaker's staff to do political work that benefited Melvin
Updated: 04/30/2012 08:42A
Boone, Winnebago counties can allow courtroom cameras
By Anonymous AP MACOMB — The chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court has announced another expansion of the state's experiment with cameras in the courtrooms, saying it appeared to be working well in the circuit courts where it already is being
Updated: 04/30/2012 08:42A
Bahrain orders new trial for hunger striker, other activists
The Manama court ruled on Monday that a new trial of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and 20 other opposition members would have to take place and witnesses and the defense heard once again. The defendants would be kept in jail in the process, state news agency
Updated: 04/30/2012 08:40A