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Judge rejects bail for Hampton drug suspect
Judge Landya B. McCafferty ruled Friday that James Ambrosi, 31, also known as “Jayda,” will remain in jail pending his trial scheduled for June 6. Ambrosi's request for bail came a week after he was arraigned in US District Court in Concord on four
Updated: 05/15/2012 03:30P
DA: Peninsula community leader's murder suspect competent for trial
Gregory Leon Elarms made his first appearance in court Tuesday since being sent back to Redwood City May 10 from Atascadero State Hospital, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Doctors at Atascadero decided Elarms, 59, of Pittsburg is mentally
Updated: 05/15/2012 03:28P
ICC sets agenda for meeting Ocampo four
By Wahome Thuku The International Criminal Court has released the agenda for the June 12 meeting between the Trial Chamber of the court and four Kenyan suspects of the 2008 post-election violence. Top on the agenda of the 1pm status conference at The
Updated: 05/15/2012 03:27P
Government Urges Judge to Uphold Convictions in 1984 Homicide
Assistant US Attorney Kacie Weston today urged District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg to affirm the convictions of seven men charged in a brutal 1984 homicide, arguing that "nothing that this court has heard should change its
Updated: 05/15/2012 03:25P
Oracle patent claims versus Google sent to jury
The jury has already wrestled with Oracle's copyright claims against Google and delivered a partial verdict last week. Now, jurors are mulling Oracle's patent claims, but the potential patent damages appear far less than what is involved in the
Updated: 05/15/2012 03:24P
Ga. man sentenced to prison in courthouse plot
The US attorney's office said in a release that 42-year-old Darren Wesley Huff of Dallas, Ga., was sentenced on Tuesday in US District Court in Knoxville. Huff was armed with a handgun and an assault rifle in April 2010 when he and others arrived in
Updated: 05/15/2012 03:22P
Apple and publishers fail to halt ebook lawsuit
The lawsuit in US district court in New York is related to government charges in April accusing Apple and publishers of colluding to break up Amazon.com's low-cost dominance of the digital book market. HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette
Updated: 05/15/2012 03:21P
Judge denies Avon bank's request for a new trial
Stearns County District Court Judge Frederick Grunke denied the bank's motion for a new trial. He also denied a request from the lawyer representing the victims for a separate trial on punitive damages. Mike Froseth and Donald Imdieke sued Avon State
Updated: 05/15/2012 03:20P
Case against Bellevue man charged in stepdaughter's death sent to district
A Bellevue man accused in the shooting death of his stepdaughter has waived his preliminary hearing and his case has been sent to Sarpy County District Court for trial. Thirty-six-year-old Michael Williams is charged with first-degree murder and a
Updated: 05/15/2012 02:19P
Judge in Vegas accepts plea from absent defendant
Judge Abbi Silver in Las Vegas let Benjamin Hawkins' attorney, Jack Buchanan, stand in for Hawkins during Tuesday's arraignment in Clark County District Court. Buchanan says Hawkins has cooperated with authorities since the encounter that left John
Updated: 05/15/2012 02:19P
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