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Weekly Roundup: High Court in High Gear
The court's oral argument docket was jammed with high-profile cases this week including a case to determine whether lenders caught forging documents can escape scrutiny by simply dismissing the foreclosure case. The decision could reopen thousands of
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:56A
Palace leaves decision on Arroyo treatment abroad to court
Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, on Friday, said the matter on allowing Arroyo to seek medical treatment out of the country is an issue that hinges on the decision of Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 112 Judge Jesus Mupas.
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:49A
Man hurls shoe at killer Breivik in Norway trial
Police, removed him from the court and increased their presence to avoid further interruptions of the trial, which is expected to last 10 weeks. Local media quoted Breivik, 33, as saying after the incident: "If anyone wants to throw something,
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:48A
Sex offender arraigned on new charges, confined to Danvers home
MacDougall said that she would have sought to jail him as a danger pending trial, but a Supreme Judicial Court decision has held that open and gross lewdness is not a dangerous crime under the statute that allows someone to be held without bail.
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:45A
Christopher Hunnisett found guilty of murder
Christopher Hunnisett has been found guilty of murdering supermarket worker Peter Bick in a trial at Lewes Crown Court. The court found that Mr Hunnisett of Chanctonbury Drive, Hastings, killed Mr Bick, 57, at his home in Bexhill, on January 11th 2011.
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:44A
Chishty eager to meet Sarabjit in Pak jail and appeal for his release
who was permitted by the Indian Supreme Court to visit Pakistan for a temporary stay, has expressed his desire to meet Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row in the country. "I have heard about Sarabjit Singh's case.
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:40A
Courtroom drama intensifies in Swezey trial
By KC Mehaffey JaLea Swezey cried when an autopsy photo of her son, Zachery, was shown in Okanogan County Superior Court Thursday. Her husband, Greg, changed seats with her lawyer to sit next to her, and glared at the prosecutor.
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:33A
Courtroom drama intensifies in Swezey trial
By KC Mehaffey JaLea Swezey cried when an autopsy photo of her son, Zachery, was shown in Okanogan County Superior Court Thursday. Her husband, Greg, changed seats with her lawyer to sit next to her, and glared at the prosecutor.
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:33A
Jury retires to deliberate on its verdict in Tyler trial
THE jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial over the death of Tyler Whelan. The eight men and four women started their deliberations yesterday at Cambridge Crown Court. During the case they have heard how Elvis Lee – five year old Tyler's
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:30A
Victim's brother hurls shoe
Hayder Mustafa Qasim, 20, travelled to Norway from Baghdad this week to attend the proceedings against Breivik in Oslo's district court, said Kari Nessa Nordtun, his lawyer. His brother Karar Mustafa Qasim, a 19-year-old who had moved to Norway as an
Updated: 05/12/2012 04:20A