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Penticton trial date confirmed for convicted sex offender
Ronald Arthur Teneycke is scheduled for a nine-day trial on Nov. 19 in Penticton Supreme Court on three charges of sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm, forcible confinement and failure to comply with a
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:34P

Penticton trial date confirmed for convicted sex offender
Ronald Arthur Teneycke is scheduled for a nine-day trial on Nov. 19 in Penticton Supreme Court on three charges of sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm, forcible confinement and failure to comply with a
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:34P

Supreme Court: No double jeopardy in murder trial
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, said that since the judge declared a mistrial, there was no jury verdict and therefore no double jeopardy. “The jury in this case did not convict Blueford of any offense, but it did not acquit him
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:33P

Supreme Court limits protection against double jeopardy
The 6-3 decision holds that a jury's unanimous but tentative vote to acquit a defendant on some charges does not count as a verdict. It came in the case of an Arkansas man who in 2009 was tried for murder and manslaughter in the death of his
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:32P

Jury considers verdict in Gwaze case
The jury in the High Court trial of George Gwaze has retired to consider its verdict. Mr Gwaze, 60, a Zimbabwean vet, is being retried in Christchurch on charges of violating and murdering his niece and adopted daughter Charlene Makaza in January 2007.
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:31P

Last defendant in beating death of man outside Barbara Lee's in court
(WHAS11) -- The last defendant in a murder case against four men for beating a man to death in 2010 was in court on Wednesday. Opening statements in Justin Werner's trial started Wednesday morning. Witnesses were also called, including the deceased
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:28P

Last defendant in beating death of man outside Barbara Lee's in court
(WHAS11) -- The last defendant in a murder case against four men for beating a man to death in 2010 was in court on Wednesday. Opening statements in Justin Werner's trial started Wednesday morning. Witnesses were also called, including the deceased
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:28P

DJ files $2M civil rights suit against cops
By Karen Jeffrey A Cape Cod disc jockey filed suit in US District Court Thursday seeking $2 million from those he holds responsible for a beating he received in a Hyannis bar last year. Duane Alves, 43, has named three off-Cape police officers,
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:24P

Washington County plans to retry Nicole Beecroft in baby death
Because the Supreme Court did not challenge rulings from the first trial of Nicole Beecroft, the murder case remains strong, prosecutor said. Nicole Marie Beecroft, whose conviction in the death of her newborn baby was overturned Wednesday in a
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:24P

Washington County plans to retry Nicole Beecroft in baby death
Because the Supreme Court did not challenge rulings from the first trial of Nicole Beecroft, the murder case remains strong, prosecutor said. Nicole Marie Beecroft, whose conviction in the death of her newborn baby was overturned Wednesday in a
Updated: 05/24/2012 08:24P