Latest Trial Court News
Queens Man Found Guilty In Subway Bomb Plot Trial
Jurors in Brooklyn federal court this afternoon delivered a guilty verdict on all counts against a Queens man accused of plotting to blow up the city's subways. Adis Medunjanin was accused of conspiring with admitted terrorist Najibullah Zazi to
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:17P
No immunity for Strauss-Kahn,US trial to resume
Bronx state Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon's ruling kept alive the civil case that emerged from a May 2011 hotel-room encounter that also spurred now-dismissed criminal charges against Strauss-Kahn, then a French presidential hopeful.
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:15P
Trial delayed for ex-cancer clinic owner, 2 others charged in alleged schemed
The trial related to Rose Cancer Center in Summit had been scheduled to begin Wednesday in US District Court in Jackson. Prosecutors filed a motion in March asking for more time to prepare. The filing said more charges are likely.
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:14P
Trial delayed for ex-cancer clinic owner, 2 others charged in alleged schemed
The trial related to Rose Cancer Center in Summit had been scheduled to begin Wednesday in US District Court in Jackson. Prosecutors filed a motion in March asking for more time to prepare. The filing said more charges are likely.
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:14P
Appeals court denies bid for freedom by Amish sect leader
By Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A federal appellate court has ruled that Amish sect leader Sam Mullet, charged in a series of beard-cutting attacks on other Amish in Ohio, will not be released pending trial on federal hate crimes charges in
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:13P
Prosecutors warn against release of Amish defendants in beard-cutting attacks
"The Amish depend nearly entirely on their own land for sustenance, and all hands are needed at this crucial time to ensure an adequate growing season," Bryan wrote, asking US District Court Judge Dan Polster to reconsider an earlier decision denying
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:08P
Maryland Court of Appeals Imposes Strict Liability on Pit Bull Owners and
The dog's owners subsequently declared bankruptcy. At trial, the court ruled that there was insufficient evidence that the landlord knew of the vicious nature of the dog. In 2011, the Court of Special Appeals reversed the lower court's decision.
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:08P
Mock jury trial first for China law school
defense attorney, witnesses, defendant, court clerk, bailiff, understudy judges and jurors for the March 1 undertaking. They began preparing weeks earlier, using a DVD and a written transcript to pattern the trial after State v.
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:08P
With Closing Arguments Made, Gardner Case Goes to the Jury
By Hillel Kuttler An Arlington Circuit Court jury will begin deliberating at approximately 3 pm this afternoon over the fate of Falls Church resident Michael Gardner on charges of sexually molesting and assaulting three girls who visited his home last
Updated: 05/01/2012 03:06P
Morgan Stanley banker accused of stabbing cabby waives jury trial
In a brief pre-trial hearing in Stamford, Connecticut, Superior Court, William Bryan Jennings asked for a bench trial to be heard solely by a judge. "This allows us to have the matter tried sooner than if we would have waited to have a trial by a jury,
Updated: 05/01/2012 02:21P