Latest Trial Court News
Child porn trial for Brownsville airline owner to start Monday afternoon
by Action 4 News Staff BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (AP) -- The trial of the founder of a South Texas-based cargo airline charged with distributing child pornography is scheduled to open in Brownsville. Robert L. Hedrick goes on trial in federal court on Monday.
Updated: 05/14/2012 01:23P
Mounties wrestle with hose during botched siege
RCMP Sgt. Dave Hains told the trial of Leo Crockwell that Mounties used a high-pressure hose the night of Dec. 10, 2010, after a weeklong standoff in Bay Bulls, NL But Hains told the jury trial in provincial Supreme Court that too much pressure snapped
Updated: 05/14/2012 01:18P
Bhanwari murder trial begins in Jodhpur
Jodhpur, May 14 (IANS) The trial of former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna, Congress legislator Malkhan Singh Bishnoi and 14 others -- accused in the case of nurse Bhanwari Devi's kidnap and murder in September last year -- commenced in a court here
Updated: 05/14/2012 01:15P
Personhood Amendments Would Not Successfully Ban Abortions
Furthermore, pro-abortion proponents, and even a trial court judge, claim that legally defining the word “person” to include every human being from the moment of conception would also outlaw or restrict embryonic stem cell research,
Updated: 05/14/2012 01:15P
ICO Global's petition for rehearing of Boeing Litigation appeal denied
The denials were issued by the same panel of justices that issued the Court's decision overturning a $603 million jury verdict against Boeing and its subsidiaries for fraud, tortious interference and breach of contract. ICO said it intends to file a
Updated: 05/14/2012 01:14P
Court won't consider giving Texas man new trial in toddler killing
AP WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't consider giving a man convicted in the death of a Texas toddler a new trial because the medical examiner changed her opinion on the cause of death. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Neil
Updated: 05/14/2012 01:08P
Clemens trial judge almost taints jury
WASHINGTON-aaBefore the prosecution's star witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, Brian McNamee, took the stand Monday, US District Court Judge Reggie Walton sidestepped a possible snafu of his own making. Walton, who prides himself for playing by
Updated: 05/14/2012 12:59P
Judge strikes down 2 requests from Team Clemens
WASHINGTON — The judge presiding over Roger Clemens' perjury trial won't let defense attorneys obtain divorce records from Brian McNamee, the Yankee pitcher's former trainer and chief steroid accuser in the Mitchell Report. US District Court Judge
Updated: 05/14/2012 12:59P
US appeals court issues mixed ruling in Apple-Samsung patent case
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled a California trial judge was too quick to deny Apple's request to temporarily block the sales of Samsung tablets while Apple's patent-infringement claims against its rival proceed in court.
Updated: 05/14/2012 12:58P
The Edge of Justice
In a sign that the Sholom Rubashkin case continues to roil the highest ranks of the nation's legal community, six amicus briefs from prestigious legal organizations and renowned legal authorities have called on the Supreme Court to grant the Rubashkin
Updated: 05/14/2012 12:56P