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Taylor seeking leniency says he was a peace maker
Dressed in a light grey suit, white shirt and blue tie, Taylor addressed the court for 30 minutes from the witness box — his last chance to state his case before judges pronounce a sentence, expected to be delivered in two weeks' time.
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:31P
Lakeville dad who abandoned son gets 2 years probation
Cross was sentenced for child neglect in Dakota County District Court on Wednesday, and at a child custody hearing afterward, Judge Richard Spicer ordered that Sebastian Cross, who was 11 when his dad left last summer, will be placed with his mother,
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:26P
Convicted killer of East Texas woman loses appeal
A man sent to death row for the slaying of an East Texas woman nearly nine years ago has lost a federal court appeal, moving him a step closer to execution. Forty-one-year-old Donnie Lee Roberts Jr. was condemned for robbing and shooting his girlfriend
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:24P
Norway massacre survivor 'hid under friends' dead bodies'
Oslo: A young survivor of the self-confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik's massacre on a Norwegian island told in his trial on Wednesday how she stayed alive by hiding behind the dead bodies of her friends. Ingvild Leren Stensrud, who suffered bullet
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:24P
Breach of fiduciary duty and undue influence complaint against church elder
In affirming the trial court's dismissal of the complaint, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts helps us understand what's at the core of undue influence claims. Sonja Busi created an inter vivos trust that provided, upon her death, the trust assets be
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:22P
Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P. Wins Verdict in Insurance Breach of Contract and Bad
Gravely & Pearson, LLP., the policyholders' law firm, won a verdict in a commercial insurance coverage case last week in Corpus Christi, Texas. Gravely & Pearson, LLP represented the church, Christi Bay Temple, against GuideOne Insurance Company after
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:20P
Defense rests its case without calling Edwards, mistress
GREENSBORO, NC (AP) — John Edwards' defense team rested its case late Wednesday morning without the former presidential candidate or his mistress, Rielle Hunter, taking the witness stand. Some court watchers had expected the former US senator and trial
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:19P
Gramercy claim bucked
Picar Development Inc., which is building the adjacent 70-story Stratford Residences on Kalayaan Ave. in Makati, also asked the Muntinlupa regional trial court last week to stop Gramercy from constructing the additional five floors.
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:19P
Claudine testifies for amparo order
SHOWBIZ personality Claudine Barretto on Wednesday took the witness stand before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to explain why the court should issue a write or amparo, or special protection order, against the brothers of newspaper columnist
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:19P
Annsville man sentenced for possessing weapon during standoff
ROCCO LADUCA / OBSERVER-DISPATCH Daniel Bragg, of Annsville, left, talks to his public defender, Chief Trial Counsel Leland McCormac, in Oneida County Court on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, momens before Bragg pleaded guilty to possessing an illegal weapon
Updated: 05/16/2012 12:16P
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